Ronnie O’Sullivan is out of the English Open after a shock 4-2 first-round defeat by China’s He Guoqiang in Brentwood.
He, 24, raced right into a 3-0 lead towards the seven-time world champion, with breaks of 78 and 77.
Breaks of 56 and 59 introduced O’Sullivan again into the competition, however China’s He gained the sixth body with a composed 50 break to finish a memorable victory.
He’ll play Stephen Maguire within the second spherical after the Scotsman beat Hungary’s Bulcsu Revesz 4-0.
Northern Eire’s Mark Allen survived a scare to edge previous world quantity 71 Lengthy Zehuang of China 4-3.
The world quantity three went 2-0 forward however then didn’t pot a ball for 3 frames as Lengthy turned the match round to steer 3-2.
Allen then had a contact of fortune in sixth body when he fluked a purple that arrange a snooker from which Zehuang by no means recovered.
Having regained the momentum Allen was in a position to shut out the decider to arrange a second spherical assembly with Lyu Haotian, who who beat Dominic Dale 4-2.
There have been quite a lot of different shocks together with three-time world champion Mark Williams dropping 4-1 Ben Woollaston.
World quantity 10 Gary Wilson misplaced 4-3 to Ross Muir and world quantity 14 Tom Ford was crushed 4-2 by China’s Jiang Jun
Elsewhere, Barry Hawkins recovered from 2-0 right down to beat Jimmy Robertson 4-2, whereas Neil Robertson eased previous Jackson Web page 4-1.
Matthew Selt can be by by beating Ricky Walden 4-3 and Jamie Jones thrashed Zhou Yuelong 4-0.
John Higgins, the four-time world champion, can be by after a prime break of 97 helped him beat Andrew Higginson 4-1.
