The first game day of the Shanghai Masters 2015

Today in China the second rating tournament of a new season starts. And it means that the big snooker comes back. After summer vacation players should prove the abilities and skill again.

The only loss of the top-16 is absent Ronnie O'Sullivan. He was replaced by Graeme Dott.

In the first game day five matches WildCard round and three duels of the first round will be played.

The tournament has traditionally begun with a red carpet where players willingly distributed interview and were photographed with fans.

WildCard Round:

Mike Dunn (5-0) Niu Zhuan
81-32, 62(56)-16, 85(65)-33, 120(120)-7, 56-39

Jamie Jones (1-5) Fang Xiongman
37-66, 72-4, 48-61, 0-(115)115, 30-44, 27-(70)90

Peter Ebdon (5-2) Si Yuan Jun
68-14, 85(85)-46, 29-(61)80, 67-3, 39-(60)82, 73-0, 51-40

Robert Milkins (5-0) Chen Tszifan
57-35, 67-28, 73-24, 98(93)-5, 64(51)-1

Alan McManus (5-2) Yao Peng Cheng
48-53, 63-36, 52-36, 75-28, 100(100)-0, 11-75, 123(122)-0

1/16 finals:

Graeme Dott (3-5) Ryan Day
22-78, 71(65)-0, 19-65, 72(58)-7, 0-(52)66, 82(62)-19, 22-66, 5-(68)85

Barry Hawkins (1-5) Martin Gould
1-(109)110, 2-62, 51-65, 9-(52)67, 63-28, 26-68

John Higgins (5-1) Liang Wenbo
69(65)-52, 64-22, 84-57, 79(56)-46, 16-67, 75-(51)59

All results, the tournament table and statistics Shanghai Masters 2015 available here.