Mark Selby knocked out of UK Championship by Hossein Vafaei

• Iranian beats world champion 6-2 after taking a five frames lead

• Judd Trump wins 6-3 against Chris Wakelin

The world No 1 Mark Selby was knocked out of the UK Championship after suffering a 6-2 defeat to Iran’s Hossein Vafaei in York on Sunday evening.

Vafaei raced into a 5-0 lead with breaks of 105, 69, 55 and 56 before an out-of-sorts Selby won the next two frames to threaten a comeback in the second-round clash.

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