O'Sullivan's next opponent will be Northern Ireland's Joe Swail, who overcame Marcus Campbell by the same 5-2 margin.

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The 2006 world champion lost his opening match to Ali Carter and then came off second best against compatriot Marcus Campbell too.

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Murphy starts his UK Championship campaign a week on Thursday when he faces one of Scottish duo Alan McManus and Marcus Campbell.

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