UK Championship reports and results: Stephen Maguire progresses to second round

Maguire won this event back in 2004, before losing to Ding in the final in York 12 months ago, but he has found results harder to come by so far this term.

However, his game looked in excellent shape here as he overpowered Boiko with a string of big breaks that suggests he could well be a title contender once again.

The Scot kicked off with a run of 96 before following up with a pair of centuries (133 and 128) to stretch his lead to 3-0.

When he added a further break of 80 in frame four, the match was all over but over and though Boiko rallied to win the fifth frame, Maguire finished the job with contributions of 65 and 67 took book his place in round two.

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh made similarly light work of Lukas Kleckers, four breaks of 50+ good enough to see him win 6-2.