World Championship 2018: Round-up - Carter comes back to beat Dott, Lyu stuns Fu

Updated 22/04/2018 at 22:42 GMT

Ali Carter came back from 6-2 to beat Graeme Dott 10-8 in the first round of the World Championship on Sunday.

Ali Carter of England in action during his first round match against Shaun Murphy of England on day four of The Dafabet Masters at Alexandra Palace on January 17, 2018 in London, England.

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Dott got off to a terrific start despite an early century from Carter and looked set to wrap up victory on Sunday.

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However Carter had other ideas as he dragged himself level and then triumphed in a tense encounter that saw the pair exchanging frames.

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Carter wins tight clash with Dott

Carter will now face Ronnie O’Sullivan in the second round.

World number nine Kyren Wilson was the fourth player to book his place in the last 16 as he comfortably dispatched Matthew Stevens 10-3.

Wilson led 7-2 coming into Sunday’s session and he wasted no time in wrapping things up.

Wilson sees off Stevens

He will face the winner of the match between Shaun Murphy and Jamie Jones.

Murphy knocked in the highest break of the tournament thus far with a 137 in the third.

That gave him a 2-1 lead and he extended it to 4-1 before Jones fought back and he made it 5-4 in their final frame of the day with a break of 114.

In the latest match on Sunday evening Marco Fu was knocked out 10-5 by 20-year-old Lyu Haotian.

The youngster, making his Crucible debut, led 4-3 after the opening seven frames in which both players made a ton.

However after that he took complete control as he won four frames in a row without Fu potting a ball, including a 127.

Fu fought back, making another ton, but his return to action following his eye issues did not go well as Haotian secured progression to the next round.

Lyu shocks Fu in first round

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 1

Mark Selby 4-10 Joe Perry

31-69 (52), 57-65, 0-98 (56), 18-81 (63), (74) 90-8, (92) 92-6, 15-100 (59), 5-85 (84), 4-109 (109), 0-64, (84) 101-30, 95-39, 24-88 (76), 4-90 (90)

Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-7 Stephen Maguire

13-108 (101), 27-61, 0-101 (95), 33-66, (54) 66-22, (118) 118-0, (110)110-0, 39-74, 31-96 (84), 76-0, (86) 86-49, 65-50, 1-89 (84), 69-4, (53) 67-52, (77) 77-17, 66-14

Ali Carter 10-8 Graeme Dott

6-88, (106) 113-12, 0-82, 3-51, 64-68, (52) 61-54, 0-68, 9-60, (61) 65-23, (62) 64-20, (108) 109-7, 74-40, 0-87, 61-50, 0-75 (75), 69) 70-0, (56) 109-5, (63) 79-22.

Kyren Wilson 10-3 Matthew Stevens

0-64 (60), 64-33, 60-8, 75-44, 14-77 (77), 72-0 (94) 98-1, (65) 72-28, (126) 127-8, (121) 121-0, 11-89 (68), 76-56, (54) 77-31

Marco Fu 5-10 Lyu Haotian

36-67, 68-42, 0-122 (122), 0-73, 45-78 (51), (102) 126-8, 58-49, 0-131(127), 0-90 (87), 0-83 (50), 0-74, 65-30, (120) 120-1, 0-80 (79), 32-88 (61)

Mark Allen 6-3 Liam Highfield

(88) 119-0, 0-104 (99), (56) 79-27, 65-22, 31-84, (80) 92-35, (52) 70-8, (89) 89-1

Shaun Murphy 5-4 Jamie Jones

9-72 (56), (75) 86-34, (137) 137-0, 59-46, 70-52, (59) 59-68, 69-11, 0-95 (94), 0-115 (114)

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