Frames best out of 25 (first to 13) Stephen HENDRY vs Stephen MAGUIRE Ali CARTER vs Jamie JONES Neil ROBERTSON vs Ronnie O’SULLIVAN Ryan DAY vs Matthew STEVENS

ALI CARTER pulled off a stunning fightback against the odds to earn a memorable win against Judd Trump and a place in the quarter-finals. In undoubtedly the most exciting game of this year’s World Championship so far, Carter’s hopes of reaching the last eight appeared to be as good as over when Trump took a 12-9 lead…

Stephen HENDRY 13-4 John HIGGINS Stephen MAGUIRE 13-7 Joe PERRY Jamie JONES 13-10 Andrew HIGGINSON Ali CARTER 13-12 Judd TRUMP Ronnie O’SULLIVAN 13-6 Mark WILLIAMS Neil ROBERTSON 13-8 David GILBERT Ryan DAY 13-7 Cao YUPENG Matthew STEVENS 13-11 Barry HAWKINS

STEPHEN Hendry just needed a single frame to knock out defending champion John Higgins earlier today. Gaining a huge 12-4 lead overnight, a break of 64 in the opening frame of this afternoon’s session was enough to seal a thumping 13-4 win for the seven-times world champion. “Last night was one of the strangest sessions of…

JOHN Higgins’ hopes of defending his world championship crown appear to be over after a poor performance against Stephen Hendry left him needing a miracle. Last year’s world champion trails 12-4 overnight against the Crucible king and will need to win all the remaining frames to avoid a second round loss. Trailing 5-3 after this morning’s first session…

MUCH-FANCIED Neil Robertson came back from behind to take a useful two-frame lead in his second round encounter with David Gilbert. Tamworth potter Gilbert, who knocked out Martin Gould in the opening round, stunned the 2010 world champion after taking a surprise 3-1 lead at the mid-session interval. But the Australian showed his true quality winning the next four frames…

Frames best out of 25 (first to 13) John HIGGINS vs Stephen HENDRY Joe PERRY vs Stephen MAGUIRE Jamie JONES vs Andrew HIGGINSON Ali CARTER vs Judd TRUMP Mark WILLIAMS vs Ronnie O’SULLIVAN David GILBERT vs Neil ROBERTSON Ryan DAY vs Cao YUPENG Matthew STEVENS vs Barry HAWKINS

John HIGGINS 10-9 Liang WENBO Stephen HENDRY 10-4 Stuart BINGHAM Joe PERRY 10-1 Graeme DOTT Stephen MAGUIRE 10-5 Luca BRECEL Jamie JONES 10-8 Shaun MURPHY Andrew HIGGINSON 10-8 Stephen LEE Ali CARTER 10-2 Mark DAVIS Judd TRUMP 10-7 Dominic DALE Mark WILLIAMS 10-6 Liu CHUANG Ronnie O’SULLIVAN 10-4 Peter EBDON David GILBERT 10-8 Martin GOULD Neil ROBERTSON 10-4 Ken…

THE SHOCK nature of this year’s World Championship continued into day five after both the world’s number one Mark Selby and Ding Junhui faced early exits. An off-par Selby, who appeared to be still suffering from a neck injury, failed to win a single frame in tonight’s session in his encounter as Barry Hawkins cruised to a comfortable 10-3 victory. Selby…