Australia's 2010 World Champion Neil Robertson continued an undefeated start to the new season with a 5-0 whitewash win against 1997 Crucible king Ken Doherty at Wuhan Open qualifying.
The Thunder from Down Under endured a torrid 23/24 campaign and slumped to 27th in the world rankings. However, is yet to lose a match this term after winning his group at the Championship League, before withdrawing from the next phase and then also beating Allan Taylor to qualify for the Xi'an Grand Prix. Robertson crafted runs of 55, 101, 91 and 80 during today's victory.
World number one Mark Allen earned his spot in the final stages thanks to a 5-1 defeat of Women's World Champion Bai Yulu. Allen top scored with 102 during the comfortable win.
Hong Kong's three-time ranking event winner Marco Fu registered a fine 5-1 win over Zhou Yuelong, while Jack Lisowski was a 5-2 victor against Liam Graham.