sentences:  Ebdon became the sixth top ten ranked player to be eliminated from the competition when he lost 9–7 to Carter.Having recovered from being 4–0 and 7–4 behind to equal the match at 7–7 Ebdon missed the final black ball shot on its spot on the table in the 15th frame and he lost the next frame on a brown ball.Hendry established a 6–2 advantage during the first session of his match against Williams with breaks of 136, 94 and five more over 40 as Williams did not score a single point in four frames.