The world No3, who has played for Halifax in Super League, had a 11-5, 7-11, 11-8, 11-2 victory over Pakistan's 17-year-old Aamir Atlas Khan.
"I always thought that if you played in your home country, you'd get the bulk of the support - but the crowd seemed to be full of Pakistanis, all cheering every good shot by my opponent," said the 24-year-old.

Men's first round:(1] Amr Shabana (EGY) bt Davide Bianchetti (ITA) 11-5, 11-8, 11-5 (33m), (13] John White (SCO) bt (Q] Aaron Frankcomb (AUS) 11-4, 11-7, 11-5 (26m), (5] David Palmer (AUS) bt (Q] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) 11-3, 11-5, 11-6 (32m), (12] Adrian Grant (ENG) bt (Q] Tom Richards (ENG) 11-10 (2-0), 11-2, 4-11, 11-9 (49m), (3] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt Mansoor Zaman (PAK) 11-8, 11-3, 11-8 (37m), (14] Olli Tuominen (FIN) bt Joey Barrington (ENG) 9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 3-11, 11-7 (77m), (7] Karim Darwish (EGY) bt Jonathan Kemp (ENG) 11-10 (3-1), 11-8, 11-7 (40m), (15] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt (Q] Jesse Engelbrecht (RSA) 11-6, 4-11, 11-6, 11-2 (36m), (9] Lee Beachill (ENG) bt Daryl Selby (ENG) 11-8, 11-4, 11-5 (49m), (8] Peter Barker (ENG) bt Tom Pashley (ENG) 11-4, 11-9, 11-8 (40m), (10] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt (Q] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) 6-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7 (85m), (4] James Willstrop (ENG) bt Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) 11-5, 7-11, 11-8, 11-2 (53m), (16] Alex Gough (WAL) bt (Q] Scott Arnold (AUS) 6-11, 11-1, 11-1, 0-11, 11-9 (60m), (6] Thierry Lincou (FRA) bt (Q] Jonathan Harford (ENG) 11-10 (2-0), 11-5, 11-3 (33m), (11] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt (Q] Wade Johnstone (AUS) 11-4, 11-5, 11-5 (29m), (2] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt Alister Walker (ENG) 11-8, 7-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-7 (65m)

Women's qualifying finals: Madeline Perry (IRL) bt Emma Beddoes (ENG) 9-0, 6-9, 3-9, 9-1, 9-2 (69m), Engy Kheirallah (EGY) bt Dominique Lloyd-Walter (ENG) 5-9, 9-4, 9-2, 9-4 (67m), Isabelle Stoehr (FRA) bt Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) 10-8, 9-0, 5-9, 9-0 (54m), Kasey Brown (AUS) bt Annelize Naude (NED) 9-3, 9-2, 9-0 (35m).

Men's second round line-up: (1] Amr Shabana (EGY) v (13] John White (SCO), (5] David Palmer (AUS) v (12] Adrian Grant (ENG), (3] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) v (14] Olli Tuominen (FIN), (7] Karim Darwish (EGY) v (15] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED), (8] Peter Barker (ENG) v (9] Lee Beachill (ENG), (4] James Willstrop (ENG) v (10] Ong Beng Hee (MAS), (6] Thierry Lincou (FRA) v (16] Alex Gough (WAL), (2] Ramy Ashour (EGY) v (11] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS)
Updated Women's first round draw: (1] Nicol David (MAS) v (Q] Madeline Perry (IRL), (6] Shelley Kitchen (NZL) v Vanessa Atkinson (NED), (4] Natalie Grainger (USA) v (Q] Kasey Brown (AUS), (7] Vicky Botwright (ENG) v Laura Lengthorn-Massaro (ENG), (5] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) v Alison Waters (ENG), (3] Rachael Grinham (AUS) v (Q] Engy Kheirallah (EGY), (8] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) v (Q] Isabelle Stoehr (FRA), (2] Natalie Grinham (NED) v Rebecca Chiu (HKG).