Hopp thrilled his home crowd with a victory but will have to up his average tomorrow after coming through a scrappy affair with Dirk van Duijvenbode. He hit an 84 average with a high checkout of 120 and 2 180's in a 6-4 win.
Boulton came through in a bit of a shock victory as he showed he had the X-Factor to claim a win on the
European Tour stage. He defeated Cristo Reyes with an 86 average and 40% checkout rate; he will now face Steve Beaton tomorrow.
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Schedule of Play
Friday June 29 First Round
Afternoon Session (1pm local time, 12pm BST) Robert Owen (92.24) 2-6 (97.39) Boris Koltsov
Jason Lowe (95.62) 6-5 (100.27) Keegan Brown
Darren Johnson (89.46) 3-6 (90.57) Paul Rowley
William O'Connor (101.68) 6-1 (89.50) Martin Atkins Maik Langendorf (89.92) 6-1 (80.75) Michael Barnard
Vincent van der Voort (93.64) 3-6 (88.68) Justin Pipe Martin Schindler (92.87) 6-1 (78.53) Mario Robbe
Robert Marijanovic (101.28) 6-3 (93.40) Jermaine Wattimena
Evening Session (7.15pm local time, 6.15pm BST) Jamie Bain (86.08) 1-6 (88.08) Chris Dobey
Robert Thornton (80.76) 6-4 (80.25) Rene Eidams Mike De Decker (82.27) 2-6 (86.36) Darius Labanauskas Jelle Klaasen (95.26) 6-3 (91.82) Dragutin Horvat
Mark Wilson (75.8) 1 (11) 6 (87.05) Ryan Joyce
Cristo Reyes (90.47) 4-6 (86.35)
Andy Boulton Dirk van Duijvenbode (81.39) 4-6 (84.25)
Max Hopp Luke Humphries (88.60) 6-5 (82.24) Ronny Huybrechts