Snooker news - Ronnie O'Sullivan leads upsets at Snooker Shoot Out

Updated 22/02/2020 at 23:43 GMT

Ronnie O'Sullivan was the biggest upset on Saturday's Round of 64 at the Snooker Shoout Out.

O'Sullivan leads upsets at Snooker Shoot Out

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He crashed out 66-30 to 104-ranked Billy Joe Castle, who set up O'Sullivan with an excellent snooker to take control of the frame.

Billy Joe Castle ousts Ronnie O’Sullivan at the Shoot Out

Last year's champion Thepchaiya Un-Nooh was a victim of his own upset, defeated by the unfancied Englishman Peter Lines.

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There were other upsets, too. Mark Williams fell to Ashley Carty 54-36. Another pair of tour stalwarts, Nigel Bond and Ken Doherty, were knocked out by Mei Xiwen and Zhang Anda respectively.

The day kicked off with another big-name exit, as Kyren Wilson managed just 11 against Ireland's Aaron Hill, who notched 55 to reach tomorrow's round of 32.

Later, a break of 63 was not enough to keep Ali Carter in the tournament as Brandon Sargeant amassed 68 courtesy in part of a 61 break.

Jak Jones made the biggest break of the day - a 107 - as he beat Jordan Brown 111-1.

Jak Jones make 107 at the Shoot Out

New Welsh Open champion Shaun Murphy defeated Alexander Ursenbacher, the Swiss number one, 86-19 in the day's final frame.

‘One of the great frames!’ – Sargeant beats Carter in amazing scenes

Saturday's Results

Ben Woollaston 64 - 46 Zhao Xintong
Jak Jones 111 - 1 Jordan Brown
Joe Perry 44 - 39 Ryan Day
Michael Holt 58 - 2 Elliot Slessor
Li Hang 40 - 28 Chen Feilong
Billy Joe Castle 66- 30 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Mei Xiwen 58 - 23 Nigel Bond
Zhang Anda 62 - 19 Ken Doherty
Jack Lisowski 54 - 44 Fraser Patrick
Liang Wenbo 53 - 44 Martin O'Donnell
Luo Honghao 100 - 19 Igor Figueiredo
Xiao Guodong 101 - 4 Ashley Hugill
Brandon Sargeant 68 - 63 Allister Carter
Peter Lines 71 - 7 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Ashley Carty 54 - 36 Mark J Williams
Ian Burns 49 - 43 Chang Bingyu
Anthony McGill 83 – 17 Dominic Dale
Mike Dunn 47 – 0 Matthew Stevens
Ross Bulman 42 - 26 Andrew Pagett
Sohail Vahedi 42 – 2 Daniel Wells
Akani Songsermsawad 39 – 16 Tian Pengfei
Barry Hawkins 68 – 8 David Lilley
Zhou Yuelong 73 – 8 Andrew Higginson
Lei Peifan 30 – 28 Kurt Maflin
Yan Bingtao 70 – 15 Thor Chuan Leong
Lü Haotian 57 – 25 Mark Davis
Anthony Hamilton 62 – 50 David B Gilbert
Jamie Clarke 53 - 38 Lu Ning
Dean Young 61 - 0 Liam Highfield
Aaron Hill 55 – 11 Kyren Wilson

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