Snooker:Stephen Hendry's record-equalling 10th maximum break of his career could not prevent his exit from the Welsh Open against Stephen Maguire in Newport.
The 42-year-old Hendry got the match off to a flying start with a 147 in the opening frame, drawing him level on career maximums with Ronnie O'Sullivan, who hit his own 10th in the World Open last year.
But Hendry - also the seventh player to score a maximum this season - found the going distinctly tougher after his magnificent start and his next best break was a 49 as Maguire rattled off a 4-2 victory.
Maguire posted a century of his own with a 129 to win a shut-out frame three and establish a 2-1 lead, and moved within one frame of victory with a 42 and a 27 to win frame four.
Hendry narrowed the deficit but a mistake on a simple red proved costly in the next frame as Maguire mopped up with a 55 to complete his victory and leave Hendry with his maximum for consolation.
Graeme Dott gained some degree of revenge for his defeat to Neil Robertson in last year's World Championship final as he swept aside the Australian 4-1 to book his place in the quarter-finals.
A 51 from Robertson earned him the first frame but after that it was all Dott, who won a scrappy second before three consecutive half-century breaks saw him coast home with plenty to spare.
Earlier, former winner and last year's beaten finalist Ali Carter pulled off a fine 4-1 win over Peter Ebdon. Carter blazed into a 3-0 lead and after Ebdon pulled one back, Carter finished off with a break of 74.
Mark Williams posted a second-frame 108 in a 4-0 win over Jamie Cope, but admitted: "It looked easy on paper, but Jamie could have won a couple of them. It's flattering - it wasn't a 4-0 match."
Fellow Welshman Matthew Stevens held his nerve in a deciding frame to beat Ryan Day 4-3. Stevens blew a 3-1 lead to let Day level but Stevens cleared the colours in the decider to claim victory.
Stevens, who will face John Higgins in the last eight, said: "I love playing John, he's one of the all-time greats and I'm really looking forward to it. It's probably the first time I've been in the quarter-finals of the Welsh for about 20 years!"
Ding Junhui hit back from 3-1 down to beat Mark Allen, levelling matters with an 81 after an Allen mistake, then winning the decider with a break of 79 to book a last-eight clash with Carter.