Stephen Hendry and Mark Williams open with wins while Jimmy White waits for Ronnie O'Sullivan

Home favourite Hendry saw off Bjorn Haneveer thanks to breaks of 55 and 76 as he sought to turn around his unconvincing early-season form.

Williams looked even more impressive, runs of 80 and 96 helping him see off Brazilian Igor Figueiredo in just 38 minutes.

"To win 3-0 is all you can ask for," seven-times world champion Hendry, who will play Mark Davis in the last 32, said. "The drive here took longer than the match and it's nice to come through unscathed."

Next up for Williams is in-form Ali Carter. The Welshman said: "I won in about 40 minutes today but I could lose in the same time against Ali. I think there will be a lot of surprises in this tournament."

Jimmy White kept alive the possibility of a second-round meeting with Ronnie O'Sullivan after beating Paul Davison 3-1 last night.

The winners of that tie and O'Sullivan's clash with Mark King - which takes place tomorrow lunchtime - were paired together in the draw for the last 32, raising the possibility of a mouthwatering clash between the two fans' favourites in Glasgow on Thursday.

And White did his bit in a match which never truly sparked into life. The first two frames were shared and White then took a scrappy third which swung to and fro.

John Higgins, meanwhile, admits he fully expects some players to doubt him when he returns from his six-month suspension.The former world champion was cleared of match-fixing allegations at a two-day tribunal earlier this month but admitted breaching rules around betting.

Higgins admitted he intentionally gave the impression to undercover reporters that he would throw frames for financial gain, but he insisted throughout his case that he had done so only under intimidation and had no intention of carrying out their wishes.

The independent panel convened by Sports Resolutions accepted his version of events but Higgins expects others to doubt him when he returns to snooker in early November.

The 35-year-old knows he will never shake off the controversy but he is determined to return to the sport he loves.

"I don't think it will ever be resolved," Higgins told BBC Sport. "There are still some things in the hands of lawyers. I have got to trust them because they have been guiding me through this all the way. But in a sense I would love it to be behind me.

"It's going to be the biggest thing that will shape my life and my family's life. It's not just me, it has been my family that's been through it. But I have come out the other end hopefully and once I get back on the table.

"I know it's going to be tough, I know there will be players who doubt me and fans who doubt me but all I can do is just get on and be myself.I have got the right people behind me in my family."

World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn will launch a newly formed integrity unit for the sport in Glasgow today, along with former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lord Stevens and David Douglas, head of the WPBSA's disciplinary committee.