World primary Judd Trump has failed to achieve a match quarter-final for the primary time in 2024 after a last-16 defeat by China’s Xu Si on the Worldwide Championship.
The Englishman had reached no less than the final eight on 15 successive events however is out after a 6-4 defeat in Nanjing.
Xu, the world quantity 49, raced right into a 2-0 lead with breaks of 76 earlier than Trump received three frames in succession to go in entrance.
Trump, 35, maintained his lead after the pair exchanged breaks of 65, however Xu secured the win with breaks of 104, 69 and 68.
The 26-year-old, who made a maximum147 break towards Ryan Day within the earlier spherical, will play Mark Selby or Gary Wilson subsequent.
Chris Wakelin can be via after a 6-4 win over China’s Pang Junxu, who beat Ronnie O’Sullivan, the seven-time world champion, within the earlier spherical.
Welshman Jack Web page progressed to the final eight with a 6-4 win over compatriot Mark Williams.
Scotland’s John Higgins, the four-time world champion, survived a scare from 3-1 and 5-4 all the way down to edge China’s Lyu Haotian 6-5.