Luca Brecel and Mark Selby were the latest big names to be eliminated from the Scottish Open as both made third-round exits on Wednesday.
A day on from 2019 world champion Judd Trump crashing out in round two, the current title holder Brecel suffered a 4-2 last-32 defeat to Martin O'Donnell, who wrapped things up with a break of 82.
And four-time Crucible winner Selby, runner-up to Brecel this year, was ousted by Matthew Sept, going down 4-3 in Edinburgh.
Another former world champion John Higgins was taken the distance by Ricky Walden before making it through. Ding Junhui went down 4-3 to Tom Ford while Ali Carter was another to be knocked out, losing 4-2 to Noppon Saengkham.
Second-round action earlier in the day included defending champion Gary Wilson making it through with a 4-3 win over Xing Zihao, and Kyren Wilson whitewashing Jordan Brown.
Aaron Hill will face Stuart Bingham in his third-round match on Thursday afternoon.
The Cork native made it into the last 32 after beating Jack Lisowski on Tuesday.
