Impressive Wilson takes control against veteran Dale

Former World Championship runner-up Kyren Wilson was in impressive form as he stormed into an 8-1 first-round lead against Welsh veteran Dominic Dale on Tuesday.

Twelfth seed Wilson produced a superb performance with breaks of 52, 75, 123, 96, 50, 77 and 73 to only need two more frames when the match resumes on Wednesday morning.

Dale, 52, is the oldest player at this year's competition and playing at the Crucible for the first time in 10 years.

He did have one moment to savour though, winning his solitary frame with a superb 120 clearance.

Wilson, a beaten finalist in 2020, will be confident of advancing though with Joe O'Connor, who beat four-time champion Mark Selby, waiting in the last 16.

England's Jack Lisowski, 17th in the world and who only narrowly missed out on automatically qualifying for the tournament, holds a 5-4 advantage following a high-quality session against 2016 finalist Ding Junhui.

The Chinese player took the first two frames with breaks of 127 and 60, before Lisowski responded with efforts of 71 and 91 to draw level.

The high standard continued after the mid-session interval with Ding hitting a break of 98, only for Lisowski to take the next to make it 3-3.

Another excellent break of 90 from Ding gave him a 4-3 advantage, but Lisowski claimed the next two, aided by runs of 69 and 67, to take the session.

In the afternoon session (14:30 BST), three-time world champion Mark Williams resumes with a 5-4 lead over 2023 semi-finalist Si Jiahui of China.

A Williams win would set up an all-Welsh tie in the last 16 against Jak Jones, who defeated Chinese 11th seed Zhang Anda on Sunday.

Williams made a superb 142 break in the opening frame on Monday, but needed to win the last two frames to take the session.

World number three Mark Allen begins his campaign on table one as he takes on Robbie Williams, the lowest ranked player in the tournament at 45th.

Allen is aiming to become only the third player from Northern Ireland to win the world title at the Crucible after Alex Higgins in 1982 and Dennis Taylor three years later.

In the evening session (19:30 BST), 16th seed Robert Milkins trails China's Pang Junxu 5-4.

The other match is expected to be a tight, hard-fought encounter as 2013 finalist Barry Hawkins, 15th in the world, meets Welsh world number 18 Ryan Day.