Ken Doherty has crashed out of the UK Championship. The Dubliner was beaten by Nigel Bond 9-7 in the second round tonight.
Earlier, Fergal O'Brien booked his place in the second round. The Irishman recovered from 5-3 and 8-6 down to beat Mark Selby 8-9 and will now play reigning champion Mark Williams in the second round.
Joe Swail was once again beaten by fellow Northern Ireland professional Gerard Greene. Last week Greene won 5-1 in the British Open at Brighton and today he completed a 9-4 victory against the out of sorts twice world championship semi-finalist. Elsewhere Dominic Dale beat Ireland's Joe Delaney 9-3 in the first round.
