Other than that upset the form book in all the other six first round matches involving seeded players remained intact, although England's Simon Skelton, twice a runner—up in this event, was taken into a tie-break by Scotland qualifier Jim Byron, the number six seed eventually winning 6-9, 11-1, 2-1.
Local favourite John Price, seeded 16, shared the opening set, 6-6, with England qualifier Chris Young, but the Welshman from nearby Port Talbot powered home in the second, 11-3, to end a sequence of four successive first round defeats in his 'home' championship.
England's Mervyn King avenged his semi-final defeat at the hands of international colleague Robert Paxton in the Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish International Open with an 15-5, 8-7 victory, the second set and the match secured with a single on the last end.
Although Paxton was unseeded in the event, he was already guaranteed a place in the world's top 16 next season following his success in the Scottish event earlier in the season, a title King was defending.
Scotland's David Gourlay, bidding to go one better than last year when he lost in the final to England's Mark Royal, was a comfortable 10-5, 10-2 winner over Irish qualifier Simon Martin, while England's Nicky Brett, the 15th seed, was equally emphatic in disposing of young Australian qualifier Ben Twist, 10-6, 12-1.
The second Scottish representative to go through on the opening day was Jonathan Ross, the number nine seed, who completely overpowered Zvika Hadar , the qualifier from Israel, 11-2, 13-4.
