^{Three seeds dispersed so far in the opening round of the Co-operative Funeralcare Welsh Grand Prix at Llanelli, and, sadly for local supporters, all have been home favourites. Jason Greenslade followed Stewart Anderson and Robert Weale out of the exit door when beaten in emphatic fashion by Scottish qualifier Wayne Hogg, avenging in no uncertain way his quarter-final defeat at the hands of the Welshman in the World indoor championships.}

^{Whether suffering a hangover from the disappointment of losing in the World indoor singles final eight days earlier, Greenslade was never at the races against the impressive Scottish international who continually applied the pressure with some accurate lead bowls and duly cantered to a 9-1, 10-4 victory.}

^{England's Mark Royal opened his defence of the title with a straight sets defeat of South African qualifier Greg Bingham.}

^{From 2-2 in the opening set, the top seed from Suffolk, fresh from winning the English Champion of Champions singles title the previous day, powered home 10-3. A possible tie-break situation appeared on the cards when the South African led 4-2 in the second, but a maximum count of four on the seventh end turned the tide back in Royal's favour and he went on to win it 7-6.}

^{World number one Paul Foster eased through to the second round at the expense of 48-year-old Hong Kong housewife Tammy Tham. Tham had the distinction of being the only woman player to qualify for the three world ranking tournaments this season, and she put up a plucky display against the Scottish star before going down 10-1, 8-4.}

^{England's Mervyn King, the world number five from Norfolk, is the first player through to Thursday's quarter-finals after defeating one of the first round giantkillers, young England qualifier Calvin Leuty, conqueror of Welsh star Robert Weale the previous day. King edged the first set 6-5 with a single on the last end, and it was nip and tuck in the second, with the 22-year-old from Lincolnshire more than holding his own, but from 5-5, King made his greater experience tell with nine unanswered shots over the last few ends to run out a comfortable 14-5 winner.}

^RESULTS

^{FIRST ROUND}

^{Paul Foster (Scotland) bt Tammy Tham (Hong Kong) 10-1, 8-4.}

^{Wayne Hogg (Scotland) bt Jason Greenslade (Wales) 9-1, 10-4.}

^{Mark Royal (England) bt Greg Bingham (South Africa) 10-3, 7-6.}

^{SECOND ROUND}

^{Mervyn King (England) bt Calvin Leuty (England) 6-5, 14-5.}