China Championship snooker: Betting round-up as Mark Selby crashes out

Friday's round-up & results

Ronnie O'Sullivan has been slashed into 13/8 for the Evergrande China Championship after avoiding the carnage in Guangzhou on Friday.

The world's top six players all crashed out as the outright market underwent a big shake-up.

The movers included our outright tip Shaun Murphy, who is into 7/1 with our betting partners Sky Bet. He was put up at 25/1 by our Simon Crawford earlier this week.

O'Sullivan kick-started his comeback from 2-0 down with a break of 130 in the third frame and went on to win 5-3 against Dave Gilbert, who was unable to force a decider despite leading 54-2 in the eighth frame.

Tournament favourite and world number one Mark Selby was the highest-profile casualty. He led 4-3 against Zhou Yuelong despite managing a highest break of just 60 in the match, but crucially missed the brown along the top cushion in the decider and Yuelong cleared to the pink to seal a 5-4 win.

Scotland's Alan McManus produced a top break of 73 in frame two as he thrashed Ding Junhui 5-0, the out-of-sorts home favourite scoring a total of just 62 points in the first four frames.

A total clearance of 133 helped Tom Ford beat John Higgins 5-2, while Graeme Dott defeated world number two Judd Trump 5-3. He now faces O'Sullivan.

McManus, beaten by Ding in last year's World Championship semi-finals, told World Snooker's official website: "It’s a bit of a thrill, I must admit. “I’ve had some battles with Ding and usually I play decent against him. He was off colour tonight, I won a couple of close frames and that was the difference. He wasn’t scoring, which is unlike Ding, and I felt comfortable on the TV table."

In other games, Mark Davis beat Barry Hawkins 5-3 and Luca Brecel saw off Marco Fu 5-2. Mark Williams beat fellow Welshman Ryan Day 5-0 and Murphy was awarded victory over Anthony Hamilton by the same scoreline, Hamilton retiring with a back injury after losing the opening frame.

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Friday's results

Afternoon Session

Mark Selby 4-5 Zhou Yuelong (Match 40)
Martin Gould 5-2 Mark Joyce (Match 41)
Stephen Maguire 5-1 Yan Bingtao (Match 42)
Anthony Hamilton 0-5 Shaun Murphy (Match 43)
Barry Hawkins 3-5 Mark Davis (Match 44)
Ali Carter 5-4 David Grace (Match 45)
Fergal O'Brien 5-2 Kurt Maflin (Match 46)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-3 David Gilbert (Match 49)

Evening Session

Alan McManus 5-0 Ding Junhui (Match 47)
Judd Trump 3-5 Graeme Dott (Match 48)
Mike Dunn 5-4 Allan Taylor (Match 50)
Luca Brecel 5-2 Marco Fu (Match 51)
Li Hang 5-4 Michael White (Match 52)
Matthew Stevens 5-2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Match 53)
Ryan Day 0-5 Mark Williams (Match 54)
Tom Ford 5-2 John Higgins (Match 55)

Saturday's schedule

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Afternoon Session (0700 BST)

Zhou Yuelong v Martin Gould (Match 56)
Stephen Maguire v Shaun Murphy (Match 57)
Mike Dunn v Luca Brecel (Match 61)
Mark Williams v Tom Ford (Match 63)

Evening Session (1230 BST)

Mark Davis v Ali Carter (Match 58)
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Alan McManus (Match 59)
Graeme Dott v Ronnie O'Sullivan (Match 60)
Li Hang v Matthew Stevens (Match 62)

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