Jamie Jones yesterday beat Shaun Murphy 10-8 to cause the biggest shock so far at the World Championship. The 24-year-old from Wales raised eyebrows with a 10-2 victory over world number 15 Ricky Walden in the final World Championship qualifying round, and he also beat reigning Crucible champion John Higgins at the PTC Finals in Galway last month.

Next for him is a second-round clash with Andrew Higginson or Stephen Lee.

Jones celebrated a little prematurely, and exuberantly, in the final frame before potting the white to cast some doubt over the victory. “The red went in, I jumped up and almost hit the ceiling, and gave it the fist. Then I potted the brown and went in-off, and I thought, ‘Oh my god, there can’t be another twist’,” Jones said.

“Then I had a chance on a red and as soon as I potted that and made sure of the blue I knew it was over then.”

Matthew Stevens finished off Hong Kong’s Marco Fu last night, converting an 8-1 lead from the morning session to a 10-3 victory.