World No.1 Mark Selby suffers shock defeat to Ricky Walden
By PA Sport
Last Updated: 05/03/17 12:27am
Mark Selby suffered a shock defeat in the Gibraltar Open
World No.1 Mark Selby suffered a surprise fifth-round exit in the Jojobet.com Gibraltar Open after losing 4-3 to Ricky Walden.
The current world champion looked set to advance at 2-1 up, but breaks of 61 and 83 from Walden secured a spot in the sixth round where he will face Alfie Burden.
Burden fired off a break of 133 en route to a 4-2 win over Zhou Yuelong.
Mark Williams was taken the distance by teenager Zhao Xintong, before prevailing 4-3, while Barry Hawkins set up a fascinating tie with Shaun Murphy after beating Michael White.
