Steve Beaton is the first man through in the World Championship as he saw off the debutant William O'Connor. 'The Bronzed Adonis' won 3-1 with the story of the match being O'Connor missing lots of doubles and getting frustrated as a result and a fluctuation between the pair of scoring with the last set in particular being an exciting affair.
O'Connor showed the double trouble by hitting only 22% of them and Beaton drew on his vast experience and will play either Vincent van der Voort or the number 8 seed Dave Chisnall in round 2 . In terms of averages, Beaton averaged 93 to O'Connor's 91.
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