Stephen Hendry and Mark Williams were added to the cull of seeds as the shocks continued at the Travis Perkins UK Championship in York today.
Their defeats mean six of the world's top eight players have failed to reach the last 16 - and Paul Hunter, at number four, is now the highest-ranked contender left in the tournament.
Williams produced an abject display as he was trounced 9-3 by Mark King and admitted he had wanted to be anywhere except the arena during the closing stages of the match.
But Hendry's loss was the bigger shock, because the seven-time world champion held a 5-3 lead over Barry Hawkins only for the world number 43 to claim six of the next eight frames to pull off a stunning 9-7 upset.
It was an inexplicably sloppy performance by the Scot, and his opponent took full advantage - knocking in breaks of 100, 84, 55 and 48.
