UK Snooker Championship 2022: Neil Robertson and John Higgins beaten in first round

Robertson looked retired of sorts astatine the Barbican successful York

Neil Robertson and John Higgins were some beaten connected different time of shocks successful the UK Championship archetypal round.

Higgins, ranked 5th successful the world, went down 6-4 to Tom Ford.

And Barry Hawkins was beaten 6-3 by Ding Junhui, meaning 4 of the world's apical 10 person exited connected the opening 2 days successful York.

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Englishman Perry won the archetypal framework with a 102 interruption against Australia's Robertson, who was trailing 4-0 earlier helium could propulsion 1 back.

Perry took lone his 2nd ranking rubric erstwhile helium won the Welsh Open successful March.

That was the 2nd daze of the tourney aft past year's champion Zhao Xintong was beaten by Sam Craigie connected Saturday.

Masters champion Robertson was struggling with illness, but said determination were nary excuses for the defeat.

"Joe played truly good successful the balls, I'd person to beryllium astatine my implicit champion to triumph today," Robertson, a three-time UK Championship winner, told BBC 5 Live.

Perry, who volition play the victor of Stuart Bingham's lucifer against Liam Highfield successful the past 16, was pleased to proceed his good signifier aft thrashing Graeme Dott 6-0 successful qualifying.

"Even aft each these years I'm inactive learning, you can't play perfectly each the clip and conscionable get connected with it," helium said.

Last year's beaten finalist Luca Brecel defeated Lyu Haotian 6-4.

The Belgian volition conscionable Ford aft his astonishment triumph implicit four-time satellite champion Higgins successful the evening session.

Higgins' decision means determination volition beryllium nary Scottish players successful the past 16 of this lawsuit for the archetypal clip since 1987.

"The archetypal 5 oregon six frames were embarrassing," said satellite fig 32 Ford.

"My hands were freezing truthful I had a packet of manus warmers and erstwhile I started utilizing those I warmed up and felt much comfortable."

Hawkins led three-time champion Ding 3-1 with a apical interruption of 85 but Ding took power aft the interval, winning 5 frames successful a enactment with breaks of 105, 62, 122, 72 and 91.

Ding, who became the seventh subordinate successful snooker past to rack up 600 period breaks, is done to the past 16 of a ranking lawsuit for the archetypal clip since past season's Gibraltar Open and present meets Mark Williams oregon Jamie Clarke.