Wright was facing the most recent major winner in Ross Smith who sealed the European Championship over the weekend but it was a 106 average for 'Snakebite' as he produced a 6-3 win.
While the last ProTour winner, Josh Rock sealed an opening win as he breezed past Mensur Suljovic 6-0 with a 100 average. Other top averages came for Heta as he averaged 106 in seeing off Geert Nentjes. Price edged past Steve West 6-5, while it was a 101 average for Cullen as he edged past Jon Worsley.
Other results of note include Michael Smith being defeated 6-3 by David Evans, Dirk van Duijvenbode being dumped out by Danny Baggish 6-3, Jose de Sousa losing to Jake Jones and Jonny Clayton falling to Mike de Decker.
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Rob Cross 6-1 Ricardo Pietreczko
Jake Jones 6-5 Jose de Sousa
Nathan Aspinall 6-2 Boris Krcmar
Joe Cullen (101) 6-4 Jon Worsley
Peter Wright (106.4) 6-3 Ross Smith
Mike De Decker 6-5 Jonny Clayton
Gerwyn Price 6-5 Steve West
Dave Chisnall (101.6) 6-5 Joe Murnan