Hendry went into the mid-session interval trailing Campbell 4-0

Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry produced a stunning comeback to beat Marcus Campbell 5-4 in the first round of the Shanghai Masters.

Campbell raced into a 4-0 lead before Hendry hit back after the mid-session interval to stun his fellow Scot.

In the afternoon session John Higgins eased past Matthew Selt 5-2 while Stuart Bingham ousted Mark Selby 5-3.

Ken Doherty continued his bid to regain a spot in the world's top 16 with a 5-4 win over Australian Neil Robertson.

Meanwhile, Lian Wenbo comfortably beat Peter Ebdon 5-1.

In the morning session defending champion Ricky Walden thrashed Mark King 5-1 while Marco Fu edged past Nigel Bond 5-4 and Ryan Day beat Li Yan 5-3.

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Hendry found himself on the brink of elimination at 4-0 down and, despite taking the next three frames which included breaks of 78 and 81, Hendry looked to be on his way out when he fell 57-0 down in the eighth.

But a run of 68 gave him that frame before he sealed his progression in the final frame.

In an evenly-matched encounter between Fu and Bond the pair were never more than one frame apart but it was Fu who managed to win the deciding ninth frame.

Welshman Day rattled off a break of 111 in the first frame of his match with Li but was struggling when the Chinese qualifier took three frames in succession to lead 3-2.

Day took the next frame with a break of 71 to level, before winning the seventh frame and nicking the eighth after his opponent broke down on 59.

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