Selby walks off after losing his match.
WORLD NUMBER ONE Mark Selby was eliminated in the World Snooker Championship this evening, losing 10-3 to Barry Hawkins.
Selby is one of several high-profile players to exit the competition in the first round, and his preparations were hampered by a neck injury that had limited his practice time.
Speaking following his loss, Selby told BBC Sport: “I’m happy I managed to get here and give myself a chance.”
Elsewhere today, Joe Perry thrashed Graeme Dott 10-1, while Ryan Day beat Ding Junhui in controversial circumstances.
In addition, Judd Trump triumphed 10-7 against Dominic Dale.
In the day’s other unfinished encounters, Ali Carter leads Mark Davis 4-1, while Mark Williams is currently beating Liu Chuang 6-3.
Results /scores in full:
Judd Trump (Eng) 10-7 Dominic Dale (Wal)
57-59, 85-0 (57), 16-89 (59), 33-76 (75), 69-37 (54), 66-31 (54), 28-76 (68), 74-7, 121-1 (53, 68), 5-71, 40-70, 115-1 (114), 1-80 (80), 91-23, 64-16, 72-60
Ding Junhui (Chn) 9-10 Ryan Day (Wal)
69-39, 27-106, 79-0, 8-78 (77), 100-0 (100), 21-76, 7-75, 46-66, 76-4 (53), 28-74 (70), 92-14, 20-68 (52), 126-0 (69), 68-20 (56), 21-64, 81-17 (57), 22-79 (79), 30-65, 48-74 (64)
Graeme Dott (Sco) 1-10 Joe Perry (Eng)
7-64, 33-71, 17-72, 12-94 (51), 39-68, 20-52, 7-56, 32-59 (54), 65-32, 18-73 (59), 7-78 (56)
Mark Selby (Eng) 3-10 Barry Hawkins (Eng)
17-73 (73), 74-1 (64), 31-74 (58), 14-68 (64), 104-7, 73-54, 8-88 (63), 34-82, 38-61, 44-71, 0-86 (56), 21-89
Ali Carter (Eng) 5-1 Mark Davis (Eng)
99-29, 94-0 (65), 40-78, 56-32, 72-16 (72)
Mark Williams (Wal) 6-3 Liu Chuang (Chn)
1-76 (51), 74-36, 40-70, 66-42 (57), 76-0, 44-64, 68-26, 72-56 (72), 111-0 (111)
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