Ronnie O'Sullivan out of International Championship
There was a big shock on day two of the International Championship in China as Ronnie O'Sullivan was dumped out 6-1.
O'Sullivan failed to pot a ball in the last four frames as teenager Yan Bingtao cruised to an easy success against the five-time world champion in their first-round encounter.
Yan dashed into an early 2-0 lead before O'Sullivan hit back with a break of 111 but the latter managed just five points from that stage onwards - all coming from a Yan foul.
"I played Ronnie once before and lost but it was a decent match so that gave me the feeling that I would have a chance if I played well today. I performed better than I thought I would," explained Yan, who will now take on Ricky Walden.
O'Sullivan was gracious in defeat and said: "Yan played fantastically well. Maybe only Stephen Hendry and John Higgins have played that well against me before."
World Champion Mark Selby won a hard fought battle against Cao Yupeng by a 6-4 scoreline while John Higgins was another big name to reach the second round after he thrashed Niu Zhuang 6-1.
Monday's results
- Mark Selby 6-4 Cao Yupeng (Match 9)
- Shaun Murphy 6-5 Mei Xi Wen (Match 17)
- Robin Hull 5-6 Jimmy Robertson (Match 26)
- David Gilbert 1-6 Li Hang (Match 28)
- Rory McLeod 1-6 Mark King (Match 29)
- Hossein Vafaei 0-6 Akani Songsermsawad (Match 32)
- Barry Hawkins 2-6 Jack Lisowski (Match 33)
- Mark Joyce 6-2 Anthony McGill (Match 37)
- Mark Williams 6-4 Yu De Lu (Match 12)
- Robert Milkins 6-2 Graeme Dott (Match 23)
- Oliver Lines 6-4 Ding Junhui (Match 24)
- Liang Wenbo 6-5 Lee Walker (Match 27)
- Zhao Xintong 4-6 Mark Allen (Match 30)
- Eden Sharav 2-6 Xiao Guodong (Match 34)
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 1-6 Yan Bingtao (Match 35)
- Niu Zhuang 1-6 John Higgins (Match 40)
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