Aaron Hill was beaten 4-2 by Stuart Bingham in the second round of the Scottish Open on Thursday.
The Corkman was looking to build on his impressive win over Jack Lisowski in the first round when coming up against the former world champion.
Bingham took a 3-0 lead against an out-of-sorts Hill who took a while to settle into the contest.
He rallied in the next two frames, including a 102 break to get back into the match.
However a fine 128 from Bingham booked his place in the next stage.
John Higgins booked his place in the quarter-finals of his home tournament at the Scottish Open with a 4-2 win over Lyu Haotian in Edinburgh.
Four-time former world champion Higgins, 48, had edged past Ricky Walden in a last-frame decider in the early hours to reach the fourth round.
Back on the table during Thursday's evening session at the Meadowbank Sports Centre, Higgins, after losing the opening frame, produced breaks of 68 and 51 to secure a place in the last eight.
Higgins will next play Tom Ford, who beat fellow Englishman Martin O'Donnell 4-2.
Elsewhere, England's Sanderson Lam made it into his first ranking quarter-final with 4-1 victory over Scotland's Anthony McGill and will go on to face Thailand's Noppon Saengkham, who made breaks of 113 and 93 as he beat Matthew Selt.
