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24 January 2009
The 28-year-old Glaswegian converted the 6-3 lead he secured in the opening session into a 10-5 match victory to set up a last-16 meeting with Mark King.
Maguire never looked like relinquishing his overnight 6-3 lead and, thanks to breaks of 122, 48 and 79, he built up too imposing a lead to be caught. Burnett briefly rallied but Maguire tied up victory with his third century of the match.
Meanwhile, Ronnie O'Sullivan had to settle for 4-4 after the first session of his second-round match against Northern Ireland's Mark Allen.
Allen, the 23-year-old from Antrim, was soon 2-0 up following erratic play from O'Sullivan.
He was back in front in the third frame but missed a long blue to halt a break of 53. O'Sullivan took advantage, clearing to the pink, before winning the next with a break of 67 to level up at 2-2.
He went 3-2 ahead but Allen responded to bring himself level again.
Allen stormed into a 4-3 lead with a classy break of 119, however, O'Sullivan responded with 93.
They resume on Friday afternoon and the match will conclude on Saturday.
Earlier in the day John Higgins progressed with a 10-5 win over Michael Holt while Stephen Hendry and Ding Junhui were tied at 4-4.
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