 Anderson will play his second round on Wednesday |
Veteran Bob Anderson rolled back the years to knock world number one Colin Lloyd out of the World Grand Prix in Dublin on Monday. The 58-year-old "Limestone Cowboy" lost the opening set but came back to win 2-1 against Lloyd, the 2004 champion and 2005 runner-up.
The first two legs of the final set were shared before Anderson nailed double 10 and a brilliant 146 checkout.
Anderson now faces local favourite Anto McCracken in the second round.
"It was an extremely hard game," said the veteran. "I thought we both played well - my finishing was probably a bit sharper."
Peter Manley won in straight sets against Chris Mason, boosting his hopes of making next year's Premier League line-up, and crowd favourite Wayne Mardle also secured a comfortable 2-0 win over Denis Ovens.
Dutchman Roland Scholten overcame "Diamond" Dave Askew 2-0 in Monday's final game.
Earlier, Lionel Sams produced a superb fightback against former world champion John Part to secure his place in the second round.
Qualifier Andy Callaby, meanwhile, overcame 2004 World Championship runner-up Kevin Painter.
He will face Terry Jenkins in the second round after he edged a tense battle with the man known as 'Rocky', Andy Jenkins, 2-1.
Local favourite McCracken gave his fans something to cheer with a 2-1 win over Mark Walsh.
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