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The Scot was hammered 5-1 by Englishman Barry Pinches in the first round of the week-long tournament at the Beijing Sports Gymnasium.

Dott, who has now failed to win his last 15 matches, said: "I don't know what's the matter with me - I'm just playing terrible at the moment."

He added: "I'm still practising hard but I can't get my head around it at the moment. It's difficult to take.

"For some reason I was just very bad. I wasn't tired, I just played rubbish.

"You are disappointed when you lose any game. I know I need to play better, especially at the World Championship (next month)."

Meanwhile, Nigel Bond impressed with a battling 5-3 victory over this season's SAGA Insurance Masters finalist Stephen Lee.

Breaks of 44, 56, 55 and 56 did the bulk of the damage, while Lee mustered two breaks of 52 as he slipped to defeat in just over three-and-a-half hours.

In the other afternoon matches, Glaswegian Stephen Maguire beat Dubliner Fergal O'Brien 5-3 in a repeat of this season's Northern Ireland Trophy final, while former world champion Ken Doherty beat Cleveland cueman Mike Dunn 5-2.