WORLD NUMBER 17, Ali Carter, secured a comfortable 10-2 victory over Mark Davis at the World Snooker Championships in the Crucible today.

Carter, who finished runner-up in the competition in 2008, led 8-1 after the first session, and continued his dominant form thereafter.

And while Davis managed to win one more frame, his opponent soon wrapped up the match with a 132.

Carter will now meet the highly fancied Judd Trump in the second round.

Joining Cater in the second round will be Mark Williams, who beat China’s Liu Chuang 10-6 earlier today.

Meanwhile, the tournament’s second round encounters are underway with Stephen Maguire currently 5-3 up against Joe Perry, and Neil Robertson beating David Gilbert by the same score.

Latest results/scores in full:

Second Round (Best of 25 frames)

Stephen Maguire (Sco) 5-3 Joe Perry (Eng) 0-116 (115), 109-15 (101), 101-13 (101), 78-23 (52), 104-0 (65), 27-68 (68), 88-30 (88), 4-82 (82).

Session over. Match resumes at 1430 on Friday.

Neil Robertson (Aus) 5-3 David Gilbert (Eng) 40-92 (53), 76-0 (76), 0-76 (76), 17-75, 96-5 (84), 109-0 (109), 75-47 (57), 131-0 (131).

Session over. Match resumes at 1000 on Friday.

First Round results

Best of 19 frames

Ali Carter (Eng) 10-2 Mark Davis (Eng) 99-29, 94-0 (65), 40-78, 56-32, 72-16 (72), 101-0 (101), 65-39, 108-9 (76), 68-0 (57), 98-0, 17-72, 132-1.

Mark Williams (Wal) 10-6 Liu Chuang (Chn) 1-76 (51), 74-36, 40-70, 66-42 (57), 76-0, 44-64, 68-26, 72-56 (72), 111-0 (111), 73-0 (72), 68-57, 98-0, 46-68 (50), 41-52, 43-74 (53), 76-0.

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