Shaun Murphy bows out of the Snooker Shoot Out as Selby advances
Murphy was beaten by Ian Burns in Leicester (Adam Davy/PA Wire/PA Images)
Shaun Murphy bowed out of the Snooker Shoot Out after going down against Ian Burns in the second round on Saturday.
The Magician was the highest-profile exit on day three of the single-frame event at the Morningside Arena in Leicester.
Indeed, the world number seven was beaten 55-31 by the player ranked 106 places lower in Burns, while Jack Lisowski also crashed out in round two at the hands of Robbie Williams 68-18.
There were no such problems for home favourite Mark Selby; the World champion making a break of 61 on the way to beating Elliot Slessor.
Meanwhile, former finalists Mark Allen and Stuart Bingham overcame Mark Lloyd and Lei Peifan respectively, as British Open winner Mark Williams saw off Mark King 50-26.
Hossein Vafaei also continued his impressive start to the tournament. Having compiled a magnificent break of 123 against Peter Devlin in the opening round, the Prince of Persia produced a neat 83 clearance to see off Barry Pinches.
Former English Open winner Liang Wenbo enjoyed a commanding 67-18 success over Zak Surety and 1997 World champion Ken Doherty overcame David Gilbert 27-9, but Scottish Open victor Luca Brecel was defeated 54-35 by Simon Blackwell.
Teenage sensation Stan Moody’s tournament came to an end. The 15-year-old was beaten 11-2 by good friend Oliver Lines in what was the lowest-scoring match in Shoot Out history.
There were mixed fortunes for former winners of the event. Masters runner-up Barry Hawkins – champion in 2012 – was beaten 36-20 by Ali Carter, while 2011 and 2020 winners Nigel Bond and Michael Holt defeated Peter Lines and Simon Lichtenberg respectively.
Lichtenberg’s compatriot Lukas Kleckers prevailed in a blue-ball shootout against Tian Pengfei, while an inspired Mitchell Mann beat Welsh Open winner Jordan Brown 38-33 and Aaron Hill edged out Jackson Page 27-26.
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Snooker Shoot-Out 2022 Results
Saturday January 22
Round Two
Barry Hawkins 20-36 Ali Carter
Duane Jones 64-23 Fan Zhengyi
Gary Wilson 33-56 Kuldesh Johal
Liang Wenbo 67-18 Zak Surety
Shaun Murphy 31-55 Ian Burns
Liam Highfield 39-16 Craig Steadman
Mark Joyce 12-20 Jamie Clarke
Michael Georgiou 61-25 Farakh Ajaib
Mark Lloyd 22-43 Mark Allen
Oliver Lines 11-2 Stan Moody
Zhang Anda 17-29 Matthew Selt
Barry Pinches 36-90 Hossein Vafaei
Simon Blackwell 54-35 Luca Brecel
Paul Deaville 14-40 Jak Jones
Aaron Hill 27-26 Jackson Page
Mark Williams 50-26 Mark King
Elliot Slessor 26-77 Mark Selby
Nigel Bond 29-18 Peter Lines
Lukas Kleckers 17-12 Tian Pengfei
Dean Young 76-5 Yuan SiJun
Stuart Bingham 42-9 Lei Peifan
Mitchell Mann 38-33 Jordan Brown
Cao Yupeng 26-57 Allan Taylor
Gao Yang 1-53 Steven Hallworth
Ken Doherty 27-9 David Gilbert
Billy Joe Castle 70-8 Andrew Pagett
Anthony Hamilton 23-43 Chris Wakelin
Leo Fernandez 16-57 Daniel Womersley
Michael Holt 37-30 Simon Lichtenberg
Sanderson Lam 30-5 Ross Bulman
David Lilley 0-32 Andrew Higginson
Jack Lisowski 18-68 Robbie Williams