Selt thrashes Hendry

In the first round the Romford potter had beaten another multiple world champion, world number two and reigning Crucible champion John Higgins.

He followed that 5-4 triumph up with a six-frame demolition of Hendry in the last 16.

A low-scoring match saw Selt record just two half-centuries, with a best of 65, while Hendry could only muster a 47 in frame three - the only one he won.

Hendry, who last won a Crucible title in 1999, is currently 17th in the world.

There was also a shock in the last 32, with number four Ding Junhui ousted 5-2 by 15th-ranked Stuart Bingham.

Ding recorded a 124 in the penultimate frame and a 104 before that; but Bingham had been well on top in the early frames, recording a highest break of 107, and he finished the job with an 86.

In the day's earlier first-round matches, Mark Selby came from 3-0 down to beat Joe Perry 5-3, Liang Wenbo beat Matthew Stevens 5-4 and Ireland's Ken Doherty shocked Stephen Maguire 5-2.

Doherty, ranked 28th in the world, was thrilled to have beaten the number eight to set up a meeting with Liang.

"I played pretty well and I'm delighted to have beaten such a tough opponent," said Doherty. "It's been such a long time since I've beaten someone of Stephen's standard, a top-eight player.

 "I can't remember when it would've been but it wasn't last season. I beat Neil Robertson to get to the quarter-finals in the Shanghai Masters the year before last and beat Mark Selby in the Grand Prix.

 "But this is a good start for me, not just the win but the nature of it and that's what gives you the confidence. If you struggle to a win you don't feel so good but I won pretty well and closed it out well.

 "I'm delighted to have won this game and certainly feel a lot better."

Doherty was part of the Irish team that suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Pakistan in the group stages of the World Cup last week before going out in the quarter-finals in Bangkok.

"I didn't perform last week in the World Cup and was disappointed. I didn't help Fergal (O'Brien) as much as I would've liked and that was disappointing as we didn't play to our potential," he added.

 "But I'm feeling grand now. I've been staying with my wife's family in Melbourne and it's the first time they've seen me play live.

 "The tables are playing beautifully and it's much different to last week. These are gorgeous and that helps my games as I can't hit the ball hard as you need to on slow tables."

World number one Mark Williams disposed of 41st-ranked Barry Pinches 5-2 to advance - but was not happy with his performance.

"It was really tough and the way I played was just awful, appalling and I don't know why it was so bad," said Williams.

 "I was unhappy with every part of it. It's about getting through but you don't want to play like that. Sometimes you get a sense of making 30s but there was nothing today.

 "We both dragged each other down; I was missing everything and he was missing everything.

 "The tables were excellent, really fast, and totally the opposite to what we played on last week and it caught me out a bit. I have no chance in my next match if I play like that."