Doherty and O'Brien progress at Shanghai Masters

Ken Doherty is through to the first round proper of the Shanghai Masters after beating Huang Jiahao in the wildcard round, while Fergal O'Brien has progressed to the second round.

Former world champion Doherty raced into a 4-0 lead before his Chinese opponent rallied to claim the next three frames.

However, Doherty, currently ranked 38th in the world, took the final frame and will now meet Mark Selby in the first round.

Fergal O'Brien beat Robert Milkins 5-1 in his first-round game, helped by breaks of 75 and 63. He will play the winner of Marco Fu and Zhao Xintong.

Joe Swail was beaten 5-4 by Shaun Murphy in the first round, while Mark Allen is due to play Andrew Higginson.

Judd Trump joined Ronnie O'Sullivan in making a painful first-round exit after falling to Dominic Dale.

After pre-tournament favourite O'Sullivan's tumble to Alan McManus on Monday, the loss of Trump caused a further major stir and was accompanied by the afternoon exit of four-time world champion John Higgins.

Trump lost 5-2 to Welshman Dale, an ever-eager showman who at the age of 42 is still playing a mean game, as was demonstrated in his run to the Crucible quarter-finals earlier this year.

A break of 100 nudged Trump into a 2-1 lead, but Dale held the upper hand thereafter, with runs of 57, 103 and 95 spurring him to a last-16 place.

Higgins was an arguably more predictable casualty as the 39-year-old fell 5-4 to Ryan Day, another Welshman having a fine day in China.

Day had trailed 4-2 but breaks of 55, 102 and 77 in successive frames saw the 34-year-old Pontycymer potter get the better of the struggling Scot, who has not reached a major semi-final for over a year.

The long-time standard-bearer for snooker in Wales, two-time Crucible winner Mark Williams, also came through a stiff test as he fended off the 2013 World Championship runner-up Barry Hawkins, pinching the decider to win 5-4 after his Dartford-based opponent ploughed in 144 in the eighth frame.

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