{"id":5235,"date":"2012-04-26T09:48:17","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T09:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5235"},"modified":"2012-04-26T09:48:17","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T09:48:17","slug":"seeded-players-keep-failing-at-world-snooker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5235","title":{"rendered":"Seeded players keep failing at world snooker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sheffield (England): <\/strong>China&#8217;s snooker star Ding Junhui became the seventh top-16 player to fall in the first round of the World Championship after he suffered a 9-10 loss to Ryan Day of Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Ding&#8217;s shock exit Wednesday left only five of the seeds so far through to the last 16 of the tournament, Xinhua reported.<\/p>\n<p>The World No.10, who trailed Day 5-4 in the first session, succeeded to overtake Wednesday and consolidated a 9-6 advantage, seemingly to clinch a comeback victory under the best of 19 frames.<\/p>\n<p>However, the 32-year-old Day, who lost all the previous four meets against Ding, fought his way back to snatch three straight frames, levelling the score to 9-9.<\/p>\n<p>In the last frame, the 25-year-old Ding made a mistaken shot to the red when leading 48-2, handing the game to the world 35th-ranked opponent.<\/p>\n<p>After the five hours and 36 minutes seesaw battle, there are only two Chinese players in contention at Crucible.<\/p>\n<p>Among them, the championship debutant Cao Yupeng, who shocked World No.11 Mark Allen to enter the last 16, will play against Day on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Cao&#8217;s compatriot, Liu Chuang, temporarily trailed Mark Willams 6-3 after the first session in the afternoon. 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