Four-time world champion Mark Selby was knocked out of the UK Championship after a surprise 6-4 defeat by Iran’s Hossein Vafaei.
Selby recovered from 5-3 down and looked poised to force a decider as he led a nervy 10th game, but a loose red allowed Vafaei in to take the victory.
Vafaei advances to the last 16 where he faces Jack Lisowski, who cruised past Xu Si 6-1.
Elsewhere, Judd Trump beat China’s Xiao Guodong 6-5 in a final-frame decider.
Trump won the event in 2011 and has twice since reached the final but…
