Jimmy White's run to the televised stages of the Shanghai Masters has come to an end with a 5-4 defeat to Mark King in the last 32.
White had won four matches to get to the first-round proper of the tournament, but found world number 15 King too much, despite taking a 2-0 lead.
The 46-year-old White, who only narrowly avoided relegation from the professional circuit last season, looked in good shape when he led 4-3, but Romford's King battled back to win the final two frames and take his place in the last 16 against Mark Selby.
Selby hit a rich streak of form as he cruised past Bristol youngster Judd Trump 5-1. The Leicester player made breaks of 75, 75, 85, 88 and 105 on the way to victory.
Ronnie O'Sullivan marched into the last 16 with a 5-2 victory over Stuart Pettman.
O'Sullivan stepped up a gear after Pettman levelled at 2-2, making breaks of 60, 73 and 86 to cruise into a match against Joe Perry , who had little trouble in moving into the next round, beating former World Championship runner-up Matthew Stevens 5-1 .
John Higgins held off a strong fightback from Tom Ford to book his place in the last 16.
Things looked bad for Ford when he missed a simple final blue in the third frame to allow the Scot to move into a 3-0 lead.
But Ford, ranked 48 in the world, rattled off successive centuries (136 and 100) to take the match into a deciding frame, although Higgins eventually stumbled over the line, helped by a huge fluke on one of the final reds.
Defending champion Dominic Dale crashed out after losing a final-frame decider to veteran Steve Davis, while Australian Neil Robertson beat Dubliner Fergal O'Brien and Stephen Hendry lost in a last-frame decider against Ricky Walden.
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