Ding Junhui and Mark Selby were the star performers on the opening day of the Championship League at Crondon Park in Essex.Both players played four matches during the day with Ding winning three and drawing one while Selby enjoyed two wins and two draws.
They are now both on the brink of qualifying for the group one semi-finals with their 2-2 draw closing out the day's play.
Of the players in action - Ali Carter drew all four of his matches; Shaun Murphy, Ryan Day and Stephen Hendry all had two draws and a defeat from three matches; and defending champion Joe Perry is in trouble after two defeats and just one victory.
The group will be concluded in full on Tuesday.
It was a particular special day for Selby as a 122 in his 3-1 win over Perry represented the 100th century break of his career.
"I knew after the UK Championship I was in the late 90s but I wasn't thinking about getting my 100th century and didn't even know I had achieved the feat until I was told afterwards," he wrote in his latest Eurosport blog to be published on Tuesday.
The Championship League consists of eight groups. Seven regular groups and then a winners group featuring the seven previous successful players.
In groups one to six, the winner of the final will advance to the winners' group. Players finish 2-5 advance into the next group where they are then joined by three new players for the next group.
All matches in the league phase are played over four frames. The play-offs and final are the first to three.
The winner of the event gets an automatic berth into the lucrative Premier League while there is also prize money on offer of £100 a frame in the regular group stage - with each semi and final being worth £300 per frame.
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