York draw and results

The Welshman, winner of the 2003 title, resumed 5-3 down and failed to take another frame as Bingham sealed victory with breaks of 56, 68 and 70.

Bingham's last-16 opponent will be fellow Englishman Mark Davis, who beat former World Championship runner-up Graeme Dott 9-8 after leading 8-4.

Ninth seed Jimmy White also bowed out, losing 9-3 to China's Ding Junhui.

The veteran Englishman was facing a whitewash after trailing 8-0 at the interval.

If you don't play well he will bury you and he has a poker face White on Ding

But he got off the mark after the break, winning three frames on the trot and rattling in a break of 106, the best of the match, in frame 10.

But he could not stop Ding from closing out the match and securing a third-round clash with Paul Hunter.

"I didn't play at all this morning," said the 43-year-old White, winner of the UK title in 1992.

"It was a very scrappy first session and had I played half as well as I have been in practice I would have had a chance.

"It's very sickening - just a bad day at the office."

White still had plenty of encouraging words for Ding.

"He's a great player," said White. "Every part of his game is quality and he's very confident.

The feeling is one of relief more than anything Steve Davis

"If you don't play well he will bury you and he has a poker face, which will be good for him."

Ding, who speaks only a few words of English, said: "I am happy. Jimmy played well tonight. I was a bit nervous. Maybe I can win the tournament."

White may have bowed out but Steve Davis went through 9-7 against world amateur champion Mark Allen.

"The feeling is one of relief more than anything," said 16th seed Davis, who was pegged back to 8-7 after leading 8-3.

"I thought I played some pretty good stuff to 8-3 but then started messing up and before I knew what was happening I was under pressure."

Stephen Lee became the fifth seed to fall of the 12 which have embarked on their campaigns so far when he lost 9-4 to emerging Australian talent Neil Robertson.

If I had lost my first match again I probably would have found myself out of the top 32 at the end of the season Mark Williams

Bingham's opponent in the last 16 will be fellow Englishman Mark Davis, who beat former World Championship runner-up Graeme Dott 9-8.

"Matthew told me I am playing well enough to win the title," said Bingham, who had led 8-4. "My level has gone up recently and I even have a good 'bad' game to fall back on."

Former world number one Mark Williams enjoyed a welcome 9-2 win over Michael Holt.

The 2000 and 2003 world champion rattled in breaks of 110, 99, 91 and four other half-centuries to reach the third round.

"I needed a win really badly," said Williams, whose form has dipped markedly.

"If I had lost my first match again I probably would have found myself out of the top 32 at the end of the season."