Sporting Digest: Snooker

BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (Plymouth) First round: T Drago (Malta) bt M Couch (Eng) 5-2; N Bond (Eng) bt A Bishop (Eng) 5-1; W Thorne (Eng) bt M Williams (Wal) 5-3; S Davis (Eng) bt P McPhillips (Sco) 5-2; B Morgan (Eng) bt T Jones (Eng) 5-0; D Morgan (Wal) bt S Murphy (Irl) 5-3; J Higgins (Sco) bt M Bennett (Wal) 5-0; J Swail (N Irl) bt B Rowswell (Eng) 5-3; A Robidoux (Can) bt J Wych (Can) 5-3; W Thorne (Eng) bt M Williams (Wal) 5-3; R Lawlor (Eng) bt M Clark (Eng) 5-4; D Dale (Wal) bt D Reynolds (Eng) 5-3; J Parrott (Eng) bt E Hughes (Irl) 5-1; J Swail (N Irl) bt B Rowswell (Eng) 5-3; K Doherty (Irl) bt P Francisco (SA) 5-4; D Mountjoy (Wal) bt I Graham (Eng) 5-1.