World Championship 2021 - Ken Doherty, former world champion, seen off by Lee Walker in qualifying

ByEurosport

Updated 07/04/2021 at 07:30 GMT

Former world champion Ken Doherty has been knocked out in qualifying. The qualifying rounds run from April 5-14, with the 16 players who make it through to join the top 16 seeds for the main event at the Crucible, which runs from April 17 to May 3 and will be live on Eurosport, eurosport.co.uk and the Eurosport app.

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Former world champion Ken Doherty has been knocked out of the World Championship in qualifying with a 6-4 defeat to Lee Walker.

The 51-year-old, who won his sole world title back in 1997, took a 4-1 lead against the world number 122 but Walker fought back with five frames on the spin, including back-to-back breaks of 59 and 51 in frames seven and eight.

Walker held a 5-4 lead before they continued in evening session when the Welshman finished off the final frame to secure his place in the next round.

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Rebecca Kenna - one of two women granted a place in qualifying for the World Snooker Championship.- lost 6-4 to Brandon Sargeant.

It was neck-and-neck throughout in a cagey clash, with Sargeant producing a frame of quality with a break of 88 to ensure the first six frames were evenly split.

But Kenna came up just short and was not able to progress further in qualifying.