Ronnie O'Sullivan made light work of Soheil Vahedi as he raced through his opening match at the Northern Ireland Open to win 4-0.
The Rocket began the day by launching another scathing attack on World Snooker boss Barry Hearn on social media but didn't let their spat effect his game on the table as he produced a supreme display.
The recent Champions of Champions winner was quickly into his stride and took the opening frame thanks to a break of 86 before doubling his lead with a wonderful run of 111.
A majestic break of 116 quickly followed before O'Sullivan finished the job with a third century on the spin, this time a sublime 108.
Blink and you'll-@ronnieo147 wins 4-0 in 45 minutes, with three centuries! #NIOpen @Eurosport_UK pic.twitter.com/sYPzpboG9i
— World Snooker (@WorldSnooker) November 13, 2018
King eases into round two
Mark King had little trouble in booking his place in the second round thanks to a comfortable defeat of John Astley.
King made breaks of 68 and 59 in his 4-0 triumph.
Simple for Selby
Mark Selby won the midlands derby as he beat Anthony Hamilton 4-1.
Selby, from Leicester, beat Nottingham's Hamilton without having to be at his best - though breaks of 85 and 122 to start the match suggest he may be discovering that just in time for the upcoming UK Championship.
Elsewhere...
Judd Trump booked his place in the second round with a 4-2 victory over Matt Selt and Peter Ebdon coasted past home player Patrick Wallace 4-0.
Marco Fu is out, the Hong Kong player beaten 4-2 by Chen Feilong of China, while Scotland's Alan McManus defeated Allan Taylor 4-0 and Thai Thepchaiya Un-Nooh eased past Robert Milkins by the same scoreline, as did Jack Lisowski in his comfortable victory over Hossein Vafaei of Iran.
However, Ireland's Ken Doherty and Shaun Murphy, the world number 10, suffered first-round defeats to Scott Donaldson and Sam Baird respectively.
In Tuesday's early matches, England's Andrew Higginson was handed a walkover against China's Liang Wenbo, while David Gilbert beat Irishman Fergal O'Brien 4-1.
Robbie Williams, Scotland's Chris Totten, Lu Ning of China and Welshman Kishan Hirani were also among those to progress.
In the closing games of the evening session, Jimmy White lost 4-3 to Martin O'Donnell, Australian Neil Robertson saw off Ben Woollaston in another final-frame decider and Nigel Bond beat Joe Perry 4-2.
