Williams knocked out of Welsh Open third round

Mark Selby was knocked out in the second round of the Welsh Open as Aaron Hill beat the four-time world champion 4-2 at Venue Cymru, Llandudno.

After losing the first frame, Hill won three in a row including a tense fourth frame which included over 10 minutes of safety shots on the final green ball.

Selby pulled one back to make it 3-2 before the Irishman hit a break of 42 on the way to winning the game.

Hill faces China's Zhengyi Fan in the third round on Thursday.

Elsewhere on Wednesday afternoon, Kyren Wilson suffered a shock defeat as he was beaten 4-1 by Anthony Hamilton.

There was success for Welsh pair Dylan Emery and Jak Jones, as they beat Noppon Saengkham and Anda Zhang respectively to reach the third round.

And Graeme Dott made it to the third round with a 4-2 win over Wu Yize and will face Luca Brecel, who beat Joe O'Connor 4-0.

Earlier on Wednesday, Dominic Dale fought back from 3-1 down to beat unranked fellow Welshman Alfie Davies and reach the Welsh Open third round.

Davies, 23, made a 125 break in frame one as he took control of the match, but Dale responded to level at 3-3 before edging a tense finale.

Reflecting on his win, Dale, who is ranked 49th in the world, said: "I'm delighted to have won because I think the ball was in Alfie's court really.

"I didn't play a good first frame, but the red he knocked in to start that 125, I think it was... I don't know how many players would have gone for that."

Also in Wednesday's morning session, 17-year-old Stan Moody came from 3-2 down to beat Northern Ireland's Jordan Brown 4-3.

And Hong Kong's Marco Fu posted a best break of 86 as he beat Englishman Zak Surety 4-3 to reach the next stage.