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World No.1 Mark Selby suffers shock defeat to Ricky Walden

Mark Selby during his match with Ronnie O'Sullivan during day twelve of the Betway UK Championships 2016, at the York Barbican.
Image: Mark Selby suffered a shock defeat in the Gibraltar Open

World No.1 Mark Selby suffered a surprise fifth-round exit in the Jojobet.com Gibraltar Open after losing 4-3 to Ricky Walden.

The current world champion looked set to advance at 2-1 up, but breaks of 61 and 83 from Walden secured a spot in the sixth round where he will face Alfie Burden.

Burden fired off a break of 133 en route to a 4-2 win over Zhou Yuelong.

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