UK Championship: Jamie Jones and Anthony Hamilton among day one casualties
Jamie Jones suffered a 6-0 first-round defeat to taxi driver Gary Wilson at the Williamhill.com UK Championship.
Last Updated: 26/11/13 7:22pm
Jones, from Neath, burst onto the scene at the 2012 World Championship with a run to the quarter-finals and would have expected to brush aside the world No 91, whose short-term goal is simply to make enough money to give up his job as a taxi driver.
But Wilson, who enjoyed success in last season's Players Tour Championship and has reached a semi-final in Rotterdam and the last 16 in India this season, barely gave the Welshman a sniff as he charged to a 6-0 win.
The Wallsend cueman said on World Snooker's official YouTube channel: "I've had a few good results but that's probably the best I've played this season. I was solid throughout, I didn't give too much away."
The world's top 128 will all be in first-round action over the coming days and Wilson said: "I like the structure, I like the way it's given everyone a fair chance in round one. I think it's the way forward for every tournament."
Teen spirit
Teenager Sean O'Sullivan came from 4-0 down to beat two-time ranking event finalist Anthony Hamilton 6-4.
With the tournament sponsors donating £128 to Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice for every century break, Hamilton was first to contribute to the fund on his way to a dominant lead.
But O'Sullivan stormed back after the interval to lead 5-4 and, having got the snooker he required in frame 10 and a free ball to boot, cleared from the final red to take frame and match.
Australian Vinnie Calabrese also claimed a notable scalp, edging out Dominic Dale in a final-frame decider.
Calabrese, who earned his place on the main tour by winning this year's Oceania Championship, led 5-3 but Dale took a tense ninth frame to keep the match alive and made a 101 break to level matters.
With black and pink locked together, the final frame became a messy safety exchange but Calabrese produced a match-winning 70, with a superb opening red and a well-judged cannon from the black to the decisive red.
Tom Ford was beaten 6-2 by Thailand's world number 110 Noppon Saengkham in the other game of the afternoon session as all four were won by the player outside the top 64.
