Burnett no match for Ding

Snooker: Sheffield-based Ding Junhui breezed through to the second round of the Betfred.com World Championship

Snooker:Sheffield-based Ding Junhui breezed through to the second round of the Betfred.com World Championship. Armed with an 8-1 overnight lead, 24-year-old Chinese cueman Ding converted that into a 10-2 victory over Scotland's Jamie Burnett.

Masters champion Ding has never gone beyond the second round at the Crucible but has a chance of improving on that record this year. His next opponent will be either Peter Ebdon or Stuart Bingham.

Ding had two centuries in the match and completed his success with a break of 71.

"It feels all right, I'm playing quite well," Ding said. "I'm just concentrating on my game and trying to play my best."

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Burnett said: "It was frustrating for me on Sunday. Nothing seemed to happen."

Former semi-finalist Stephen Maguire was having a dismal morning, falling 4-0 behind to Barry Hawkins at the break.

The 30-year-old Glaswegian had plenty of table time in each frame but could not string together any substantial breaks, and qualifier Hawkins punished him.

Hawkins, from Dartford, is making his sixth visit to the Crucible and remains winless, but he looked to have a strong chance of finally reaching the second round as he and Maguire went to the mid-session interval.