Roewe Shanghai Masters - Day One - wildcard wonders

Wildcard day at the Shanghai Masters is always a shaky one for the few qualifiers that have to test their hand against China's brightest talents.

Opponents can be attacking, unpredictable and more than anything else, always backed by the home crowd.

In today's eight matches, six qualifiers came through unscathed, but Robert Milkins and Mike Dunn did come undone.

World number 35 Dunn will be the most disappointed. He missed out on his chance to meet tournament favourite Mark Selby after losing 5-1 to world ranked 102 Mei Xiwen.

Everyone knows Jin Long is a difficult prospect too after he finished third place in 2008 Jiangsu Classic competition. He proved this again stunning world number 40 Milkins 5-3.

His reward is a round one clash with fellow compatriot Ding Junhui.

The Darling of Dublin Ken Doherty got out of jail coming back from 4-2 down to dramatically beat Mohammad Saijad in the deciding frame.

A break of 83 in the final frame spared the 1997 world champion his blushes and set up his next match with Graeme Dott tomorrow.

Elsewhere, it was pretty much plain sailing.

Jamie Burnett beat Tian Pengfei 5-2, and now finds himself into the last 16, as he walks through round one, where he would have met Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Andrew Higginson beat Rouzi Maimaiti 5-2 and Martin Gould defeated Li Hang 5-3.

Dave Harold and Joe Delaney were both easy 5-1 winners.

Round one draw (to be played Tuesday 07 September and Wednesday 08 September):

Jamie Burnett v Walkover
Ryan Day v Andrew Higginson
Marco Fu v Mark Davis
Stephen Maguire v Judd Trump
Mark Williams v Ricky Walden
Graeme Dott v Ken Doherty
Jamie Cope v Steve Davis
Ding Junhui v Jin Long
Ali Carter v Dave Harold
Mark Allen v Stuart Bingham
Liand Wenbo v Matthew Stevens
Shaun Murphy v Stephen Lee
Mark Selby v Mei Xiwen
Stephen Hendry v Martin Gould
Mark King v Joe Delaney
Neil Robertson v Peter Ebdon