Spare a thought for Paul Hunter. The young snooker player was a victim of Mark Williams's visit to the table in the China Open in Shanghai. Williams produced a world record-breaking performance to storm into the quarter-finals of the event when he won his match in 46 minutes on the way to whitewashing Hunter 5-0.

It was the fastest victory in a televised world ranking event and Hunter's humiliating total of only 16 points was the second lowest in history.