That'll do it for Mark Selby, as he misses a yellow and Jak Jones concedes at 67-30 down.

Selby lost in round one in each of the past two World Championships, but not this year. He made extremely light work of a tough opponent

Selby will meet world number 10 and International Championship winner Wu Yize in the second round.

Neil Robertson atones for his mistake in the previous frame by building a break of 81 to take the third frame 127-5.

The Australian was slamming the balls home at a fair clip as he cleared up.

This has been a scrappy match so far, but Robertson looks like he is beginning to find some rhythm.

John Parrott
1991 world champion on BBC Four

There's an inevitability about it.

Even when Jak Jones potted that stupendous red, he left himself on a difficult yellow.

It was inevitable that Selby would come and clear up.

Jak Jones has matched Mark Selby well in the safety department, but he hasn't got enough points over the line.

Joe Perry
Former World Championship semi-finalist on BBC Four

There was no anger or petulance from Neil there, it was just a complete miscalculation.

That'll be a nice £250 fine for him in the post.

Well this is odd.

Neil Robertson trails the second frame 57-10 - he can still win the frame, but concedes after missing a relatively simple black.

He's disgusted with himself.

But it appears Robertson misread the scoreboard - he tells the referee he was 57 points behind, but he is wrong. He was 47 behind.

The former world champion apologises - he is given a warning, and will receive a fine.

Jak Jones will be kicking himself.

He was four points away from taking the frame, but he misses yellow on 61 and allows Mark Selby back in.

From there the four-time world champion makes no mistake nd clears up to snatch the frame 64-61.

Selby needs one more frame to reach the second round.

A close opening frame with plenty of safety play goes the way of Neil Robertson after 37 minutes.

Robertson spurns am early chance to take control of the opening frame as he falls foul of the tight pockets when looking to pot the blue.

The 2010 winner fouls three times as he's tripped up by some clever safety shots from Pang Junxu, but eventually the table opens up and he edges it 58-47.

Robertson didn't look too happy with himself during that frame - he'll need to improve if he wants to avoid a long-winded affair.

Stephen Hendry
Seven-time world champion on BBC Four

Mark Selby was one of my favourites coming into this tournament, he's paying well and scoring heavily. He looks to be bang on it.

He probably should have won this tournament more - he's one of the best players we have ever seen.

Mark Selby reasserts his dominance in this match by winning the first frame of the evening session, 69-20.

It's looking like Jak Jones might need a miracle to turn this one around.

Mark Selby won the first six frames of this match, but Jak Jones won two of the final three before the end of the session.

Can the Welshman build on that late flourish and pull off a remarkable comeback?

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Former world champion and world number one Neil Robertson is begins his campaign for for a third ranking title of the season.

The 2010 world champion comes up against world number 29 Pang Junxu, who is looking to avenge his defeat to the Australian at the UK Championship back in December.

Pang saw off compatriot Xiao Guodong before securing a shock win against Mark Williams in the last 16, but fell 4-6 to Robertson at the quarter-final stage.

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Earlier today, four-time winner Mark Selby dominated the opening session of this match to lead 7-2 against Wales' Jak Jones.

England's Selby, 42, has lost in round one at the Crucible in each of the past two years, but stormed into a 6-0 lead over the 2024 runner-up, helped by breaks of 67 and 50.

Jones took a tight seventh frame, before Selby regained his six-frame advantage thanks to a break of 78, although Jones ended well with a 90 break in the session's final frame.

Here's what we've got coming up in this evening's session.

Here's how Hossein Vafaei wrapped up that session to give himself a three-frame lead over Si Jiahui going into tomorrow's session.

Hossein Vafaei eases to a fifth frame in a row with a century break to end the day with a three-frame lead having trailed 1-3.

The Iranian potted another excellent long red before compiling a break of 105 - his first century of the day and the second of this match - on his way to a dominant 119-0 win.

Vafaei's pot success stands at 91%, while his safety success is 85%.

Si Jiahui hasn't potted since the sixth frame, and tomorrow will face a huge task if he is to reach the last 16.

Steve Davis
Six-time world champion on BBC Two

I think Hossein Vafaei fancies he's got his number.

He's shown weakness, Si Jiahui, and Hossein is getting stronger.

The opening red to get in for that 60-odd break was a great shot, using the other red as a bumper to get up the table for the blue.

When you get those in you know you are in form.

Steven Hallworth
Snooker commentator on BBC TV

Hossein Vafaei is putting Si Jiahui under so much pressure because all of the momentum is with him and there is still another frame to be played.

What a turnaround.

Hossein Vafaei wins a fourth frame on the bounce - this is very impressive from the Iranian.

Vafaei produces a break of 60, but the cue ball doesn't fall kindly and he's left with a tricky red.

He plays a safety to end the break, and responds to a safety from Si Jiahui with a superb long red.

Si stays in his seat and Vafaei wins 76-0.

Hossein Vafaei is in full flow right now.

Si Jiahui barely has a sniff as his Iranian opponent builds a break of 61 to take the seventh frame 91-0.

Vafaei trailed 1-3 at the mid-session interval, but three wins in a row gives him the lead for the first time today.