Luke Humphries made a winning start at the Boyle Sports World Grand Prix with a straight-sets win over Nathan Aspinall, as James Wade suffered an early exit in Leicester.

Humphries, the 2023 champion and a finalist in the last two editions of the double-start tournament, dropped just two legs and fired two ton-plus finishes on his way to an impressive victory over Aspinall at the Mattioli Arena.

The world No 1 was one of five seeded players to progress from an eventful opening night, where matches were played over the best of three sets, while three more had to come through final-leg deciders to book their place in the last 16.

Wade - a two-time TV finalist this year - was dumped out by Joe Cullen and eighth seed Chris Dobey lost in straight sets to Cameron Menzies, while Krzysztof Rata

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