Dott and Hendry out of Grand Prix

Graeme Dott and Stephen Hendry both failed to qualify for the last 16 of the Grand Prix in Aberdeen after losing their final group matches on Tuesday.
World champion Dott was beaten 3-1 by qualifier Andrew Norman in his final group match, while Hendry lost 3-2 to Fergal O'Brien in his fourth clash.

Shaun Murphy, the 2005 world champion, joined them on the casualty list when he lost his final match to Ali Carter.

Murphy was 2-0 up but missed an easy red and Carter hit breaks of 79 and 58.

"I thought it was in when I hit it and I was up walking round the table," said world number five Murphy, who had earlier kept his hopes alive with a gutsy 3-2 comeback win against qualifier Jamie Jones.

"I'm absolutely devastated. When it came to the deciding frame I couldn't get the two earlier blows of losing those frames out of my head."

Dott has criticised the best-of-five format throughout the tournament.

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