Robertson out at PTC

Robertson, currently the world number two following his victory at the Crucible earlier in the year, lost 4-2 to Welshman Dominic Dale in the last 64.

Murphy had already succumbed in the previous round, beaten 4-3 by the unheralded Martin O'Donnell. Twice world champion Mark Williams also fell 4-1 to Ian Glover.

Dale and fellow old stager Andy Hicks progressed to the last 16 and will meet for a place in the quarter-finals.

The three day event, Event 3 of a new series at Sheffield's World Snooker Academy, concludes tomorrow with the remaining sixteen players in the draw playing up to four rounds of knock-out snooker.

Barry Pinches 4-3 Daniel Skingle

Fergal O'Brien 4-3 Anthony Parsons

Dominic Dale 4-0 Simon Bedford

Allan Taylor 0-4 Neil Robertson

Stuart Bingham 4-2 Andrew Norman

Kuldesh Johal 2-4 James McBain

Xiao Guodong 4-0 Lee Page

Andy Hicks 4-1 Greg Davis

Marcus Campbell 4-2 Rod Lawler

Anthony McGill 4-1 Jak Jones

Michael Wasley 4-3 Steve Judd

Dave Harold 4-0 Reanne Evans

Peter Lines 2-4 Sam Baird

Tom Ford 4-2 Patrick Wallace

Alfie Burden 4-2 Robert Milkins

Stephen Lee 4-0 Marc Harman

Joe Jogia 4-2 Issara Kachaiwong

Jordan Brown 1-4 Anthony Hamilton

Mitchell Mann 2-4 Adam Wicheard

Shaun Murphy 3-4 Martin O'Donell

Gerard Greene 4-1 Ian Burns

Joe Swail 2-4 Stuart Pettman

Andrew Higginson 4-0 Jamie Walker

Andrew Pagett 4-2 Charlie Walters

Jamie Cope 4-1 Ken Doherty

Rory McLeod 4-1 Chen Zhe

Mark Davis 4-0 Andy Lee

Liam Highfield 4-1 David Morris

Mark Joyce 4-2 Jeff Cundy

Matthew Couch 1-4 Samuel Thistlewhite

Adrian Gunnell 4-3 Zhang Anda

Mark Williams 1-4 Ian Glover

Barry Pinches 4-3 Fergal O'Brien

Dominic Dale 4-2 Neil Robertson

Stuart Bingham 3-4 James McBain

Xiao Guodong 0-4 Andy Hicks

Marcus Campbell 4-2 Anthony McGill

Michael Wasley 4-3 Dave Harold

Sam Barid 1-4 Tom Ford

Alfie Burden 1-4 Stephen Lee

Joe Jogia 3-4 Anthony Hamilton

Adam Wicheard 4-1 Martin O'Donnell

Gerard Greene 3-4 Stuart Pettman

Andrew Higginson 3-4 Andrew Pagett

Jamie Cope 0-4 Rory McLeod

Mark Davis 4-2 Liam Highfield

Mark Joyce 4-1 Samuel Thistlewhite

Adrian Gunnell 4-1 Ian Glover

Barry Pinches 3-4 Dominic Dale

James McBain 3-4 Andy Hicks

Marcus Campbell 4-3 Michael Wasley

Tom Ford 4-3 Stephen Lee

Anthony Hamilton 0-0 Adam Wicheard

Stuart Pettman 1-4 Andrew Pagett

Rory McLeod 1-4 Mark Davis

Mark Joyce 3-4 Adrian Gunnell