World No.1 Neil Robertson suffered a shock defeat against China's Ding Junhui to crash out of the Indian Open on Thursday.
Australia’s Robertson did not look in his elements and lost 2-4 to World No.4 Junhui in the first quarterfinal. It was Junhui who set the ball rolling with a break of 72 to pocket the first frame 96-4. He went on to win the second frame with a 52-clearance to take the 2-0 lead.
Robertson regrouped his resources quickly with fluent breaks of 86 and 104 in the next two frames to level the issue at 2-2. When it looked like Robertson would walk away with the honours, Junhui came up with breaks of 85 and 91 in the fifth and sixth frames respectively to cap off an impressive win. In the other quarter-final clashes, Robbie Williams beat Anthony McGill 4-0, while Stephen McGuire won a hard-fought battle against Michael White 4-3.