Sporting Digest: Snooker

REGAL WELSH OPEN (Newport) First round (Eng unless stated): P Ebdon bt M Clark 5-0; A McManus (Sco) bt G Wilkinson 5-0; N Bond bt D Henry (Sco) 5-3; F O'Brien (Irl) bt J Parrott 5-4; S Hendry (Sco) bt T Drago (Malta) 5-1; D Morgan (Wal) bt T Knowles (Eng) 5-3; J Swail (N Irl) bt S O'Connor (Irl) 5-1; N Terry (Eng) bt M Flowerdew (Eng) 5-4.