Ronnie O’Sullivan took just 56 minutes to beat Boonyarit Keattikun 6-0 and reach the last 64 of the UK Championship at the York Barbican.
It was a blistering display of attacking snooker from the Rocket as he fired breaks of 63, 129, 80, 90, 103 and 106. His victory took just three minutes more than his 53-minute 6-0 whitewash of Dominic Dale at the 2006 Northern Ireland Trophy, the quickest ever best-of-11 match.
O’Sullivan has lifted the UK Championship trophy five times, most recently in 2014 in York, and if he carries tonight’s form into the televised stages he’ll take some stopping. He now meets Rhys Clark, who won a black-ball deciding frame to edge out Li Hang 6-5.
Mark King went from the sublime to the ridiculous as he lost 6-2 to Sam Craigie. King played brilliantly to win the Northern Ireland Open last week but today his chances were dented when he forgot to bring his cue into the arena after the mid-session interval. That meant he was docked a frame, as he was not ready to play, and went from 3-1 to 4-1 behind. A break of 141 gave King Frame six, but Craigie won the next two to secure his second round spot.
Shaun Murphy had to rally from 3-1 down to beat Brazil’s Itaro Santos 6-3, winning the last five frames with top breaks of 66, 71 and 55. John Higgins, snooker’s man in form having won the China Championship and Champion of Champions, saw off Alex Borg 6-3, compiling runs of 132, 68 and 71.
Luca Brecel top scored with 78 in a 6-0 win over Aditya Mehta. Aditya not able to prepare for the Championship as he was down with Flu for entire last week but all credit must go to Luca Brecel for fine display of Snooker.
Mark Allen was pushed hard by China’s Chen Zhe but eventually won 6-4. Ricky Walden beats Fang Xiongman in one sided match by 6-0. Scott Donaldson defeated Dechawat Poomjaeng by 6-4.
Mike Dunn beats Darryl Hill by 6-1 in one sided match. Michael Georgiou defeated Matthew Selt by 6-2. Rhys Clark beats Li Hang by 6-5 in a thrilling match. At one stage Li Hang was leading in the match by 4-1 frames. The final 11th frame was decided on colours ball in favour of Rhys Clark.

David Gilbert beats Adam Duffy by 6-2. Mark Joyce beats Lee Walker by 6-3. Mei Xi Wen defated Jack Lisowski in a very close match by 6-5 in another humdinger. Martin Gould beats Gareth Allen by 6-2. Yan Bingtao overcame the stiff resistance of Stuart Carrington by 6-5.

Liang Wenbo beats Kurt Dunham by 6-1. Robin Hull beats Jamie Cope by 6-1. Noppon Saengkham in one of the upset of the tournament beats Ken Doherty in a one sided match by 6-0. Ben Woollaston beats Elliot Slessor by 6-5 in the deciding frame. Paul S Davison beats Gary Wilson by 6-3.
Rod Lawler beat Anthony Hamilton by 6-3. Hammad Miah beats Tom Ford by 6-5. Robert Milkins beats Hamza Akbar by 6-1.