Live Snooker: UK Championship

Coverage of the evening session on day one

Seema Jaswal presents coverage of the evening session on day one at York Barbican, featuring two first-round matches, played over the best of 11 frames. Three-time champion Ding Junhui edged past Robert Milkins 6-5 in last year's corresponding session. In the other match, qualifier David Gilbert made six half-century breaks as he defeated 16th seed Xiao Guodong 6-4. With commentary and analysis from Steve Davis, John Parrott, Ken Doherty, Dennis Taylor, Stephen Hendry and Kyren Wilson, and reports from Shabnam Younus-Jewell