Former world champion Shaun Murphy moved into the last 16 of the 2024 event with an impressive performance to beat China’s Lyu Haotian 10-5 on Monday at the Crucible.

Murphy, the 2005 winner, was 6-3 ahead after Sunday’s first session and won four of the next seven frames to set up a tie with Scotland’s Stephen Maguire.

Another former Crucible champion, Stuart Bingham, holds a 6-3 lead against 10th seed Gary Wilson and that match will be played to a finish in the evening session (19:00 BST).

Murphy said he was “absolutely delighted” to win his first-round match after going out at this phase in both the post two seasons.

He added: “I’m really bothered. I’ve not won here since the 2021 semi-final and it’s tough to keep coming back and losing. This is an important place, it’s like a love affair that keeps hurting you so to get that win after three years, I’m absolutely over the moon.”

On playing Stephen Maguire in the last 16, the world number eight added: “We’ve been putting on good shows since we were 10 years old. He was Scottish number one, I was English number one and we’ve been knocking hell out of each other for a long time.

“I can’t wait to get my teeth stuck into it. It will be a really good match and for the neutral it will be special. He’s one of the dangermen coming through qualifying. Ali [Carter, who lost 10-7 to Maguire] had the toughest draw of all the seeds.”

Eighth seed Murphy made a break of 111 in the last frame on Sunday and won Monday’s first frame on the black before a 70 break gave him a convincing 8-3 advantage.

Lyu, ranked 26th in the world, edged a tight 12th frame, but Murphy’s break of 55 left him one frame away from victory. Lyu hit a break of 117 in the 14th frame, before Murphy’s 81 sealed the victory.

Bingham, who lifted the trophy in 2015, has dropped to 29th in the world rankings after a tough couple of seasons. He had to battle through two qualifying rounds – fighting back from 7-3 down to beat Stuart Carrington in his first match – to get to the Crucible.

But he dominated the first session against Wilson, who won two ranking events in 2023-24, the Scottish Open and Welsh Open. Bingham should have gained a 7-2 advantage but missed a frame-winning black in a dramatic end to the session, although his earlier breaks of 98, 53, 117 and 76 left another seed in the top half of the draw in trouble.

Last year’s champion Luca Brecel lost to David Gilbert on the opening day, ninth seed Ali Carter was beaten by Maguire on Sunday and four-time champion Mark Selby is in danger as he trails 7-2 against fellow Leicester player and friend Joe O’Connor, with that match resuming at 14:00.

Three-time champion Mark Williams starts his campaign on Monday afternoon, facing last year’s 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.

In the evening session, world number 16 Robert Milkins takes on China’s Pang Junxu, with the winner of that one facing Gilbert in the last 16.