Chang stuns Murphy to make history at Welsh Open

China's Chang Bingyu caused a Welsh Open shock by beating former winner Shaun Murphy 4-0 - and became only the ninth player in history to make century breaks in four consecutive frames.

The 23-year-old went into the first-round encounter in Llandudno ranked 54th in the world, 46 places below Englishman Murphy.

But that counted for nothing as the 2020 winner's hopes of repeating his feat were ended at the first hurdle at Venue Cymru, with Chang producing breaks of 130, 136, 119 and 130.

Murphy stood to applaud at the end of the match.

Twelve-time women's world champion Reanne Evans, analysing the display for BBC Sport, said Chang's display "has got to be the best performance ever on a snooker table".

"It was just fantastic - I'm glad I was here to witness that," Evans said.

Murphy, who potted only one red in the contest, said: "That's the best performance in a best-of-seven match I've ever seen.

"If that were Ronnie O'Sullivan or Judd Trump, it would be on the news. What a performance. What a player."

Home hope Jackson Page also won 4-0, defeating Luca Brecel of Belgium to ensure a second-round spot.

Switzerland's Alexander Ursenbacher suffered the same fate as Brecel, as he lost 4-0 against China's Zhou Yuelong.

England's Stan Moody, 19, did not lose a frame in his first-round win over compatriot Jimmy Robertson while another Chinese star, Zhao Xintong, took the first step towards winning a third consecutive ranking event as he beat fellow countryman Fan Zhengyi 4-3.

In another whitewash, England's Gary Wilson saw off Iran's Amir Sarkhosh 4-0 while Zhang Anda beat Mitchell Mann 4-2.

In the evening session Scotland's five-time former Welsh Open winner John Higgins eased past China's Liu Wenwei 4-1, the same score Dave Gilbert of England posted as he beat Northern Ireland's Robbie McGuigan.

Liam Pullen, 20, and Sam Craigie pulled off two more of the opening round's shocks.

Pullen, ranked 84th in the world, edged past 13th seed Chris Wakelin 4-3 to reach round two.

The same scoreline befell Elliot Slessor whose 21st spot in the global rankings meant little as Craigie, in 89th, progressed.

There was to be no upset in the final two games of Tuesday, as Stuart Bingham saw off Gao Yang 4-2 and Kyren Wilson beat Hongyu Liu 4-1.

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