Pinches Steals Victory
Barry Pinches stole a hard-fought final frame victory over UK Champion, Shaun Murphy at the Grand Prix in Glasgow.
The Norwich City fan, sponsored by sightrightuk.com became the fifth non-seed to put his name in the hat for the second round draw which will be carried out by the Lord Provost Bob Winter on Tuesday afternoon.
Mark Davis, Ken Doherty, Robert Milkins and Jamie Cope will join Pinches in the fight for a quarter-final place.
Earlier in the day, Scotland's finest, Stephen Hendry, delighted the home fans with a steady performance in beating Matthew Selt by five-frames-to-three.
Northern Ireland's Mark Allen looked good in patches as he saw off Preston's Ian McCulloch, whilst Peter Ebdon gained revenge over Liang Wenbo in a solid 5-2 win against the Chinese youngster.
Tomorrow sees former world champions, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Williams get their Grand Prix campaigns underway.
The Rocket takes on Jamie Burnett, whilst Welshman Williams plays Stuart Bingham.
The evening session will see another hometown favourite, Stephen Maguire take on Nigel Bond and the first round is completed with Mark King playing Ricky Walden.
