Doherty crashes out of World Championship

Former world champion Ken Doherty crashed out of the Embassy World Championship in the first round tonight.

Former world champion Ken Doherty crashed out of the Embassy World Championship in the first round tonight.

Resuming 5-4 down from yesterday's opening session, the Dubliner dropped five consecutive frames against Northern Ireland's Joe Swail.

Result:  Joe Swail (NIrl) bt Ken Doherty (Irl) 10-5
Frame scores (Swail first): 50-63 33-72 68-59 67-37 45-81 40-71 127(127 break)-0 68-0 110(110 break)-15 21-92 91-0 113-22 72-38 82-5 72-52

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