Robertson and Davis beaten early in UK Snooker Championship

Jimmy Robertson suffered an agonising first-round exit from snooker's UK Championship despite making three century breaks.
By Paul Davidson
Published 27th Nov 2020, 15:00 BST
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Jimmy Robertson

The Bexhill cueman lost 6-5 to Brazilian potter Igor Figueiredo at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes on Thursday night after seeing a 5-2 lead overturned.

Robertson made runs of 105 and 116 in the first and third frames respectively, but Figueiredo responded with breaks of 77 and 63 to clinch frames two and four.

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World number 75 Figueiredo scored a total of eight points in the next three frames as 48th-ranked Robertson surged ahead with the aid of another 116 in frame seven.

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Mark Davis

The 2018 European Masters champion was just a frame from victory, yet Figueiredo staged a tremendous turnaround to claim the final four frames aided by runs of 116, 57 and 137.

St Leonards-based Mark Davis also fell at the first hurdle, losing 6-4 to Robbie Williams on Wednesday.

After taking the opening frame with a break of 98, 43rd-ranked Davis trailed 2-1, 3-2 and 4-3 only to level things up on each occasion, helped by a run of 90 in frame six.

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But 90th-ranked Williams - not to be confused with the pop star of the same name - grabbed the final two frames with a top break of 62.

Amateur player Leo Fernandez lost 6-0 to reigning world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan.