 Joe Swail lost to Alan McManus in the Northern Ireland Trophy |
Northern Ireland players Joe Swail and Mark Allen both lost to Scots in the quarter-finals of the Northern Ireland Trophy at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast. Swail went down 5-1 to Alan McManus, trailing 3-0 before bagging the fourth frame. The Scot secured a break of 140 in frame five and then won the sixth.
Antrim lad Allen lost 5-1 to seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry.
Allen lost the first frame on the black ball before levelling at 1-1. Hendry won the next four frames to progress.
Hendry will play McManus in the semi-finals on Saturday with Neil Robertson facing Matthew Stevens in the other.
Robertson beat Shaun Murphy 5-4 and Stevens saw off Stephen Maguire 5-2 in the last eight.
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