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Dott, who contemplated not playing at the Crucible after being diagnosed with depression, lost 10-7 to Joe Perry while Doherty was convincingly beaten 10-5 by Chinese debutant Liang Wenbo.

Doherty will now drop out of the top 16 in the world rankings for the first time in 15 years and faces having to qualify for the televised stage of tournaments next season.

Another former champion, 2005 winner Shaun Murphy, had no such problems and eased into the second round with a 10-3 victory over Stoke's Dave Harold.

Resuming 7-2 ahead, Murphy lost the opening frame of Wednesday's session but then won the next three in succession with breaks of 107, 72 and 73. The 25-year-old from Rotherham will play Ali Carter in the second round.

On the other table, Ronnie O'Sullivan began his campaign for a third world title by taking a narrow 5-4 lead over teenage Chinese debutant Liu Chuang.

O'Sullivan showed flashes of his brilliant best as he won the opening two frames with breaks of 76 and 87, and won the third after a protracted safety battle on the yellow.

However, 17-year-old Liu deservedly got on the board with a break of 92 and won the next two frames to level at 3-3.

O'Sullivan edged clear with a 57 clearance but Liu made it 4-4 and O'Sullivan was grateful to win a tight ninth frame ahead of Thursday's final session.

In the day's other game Scotland's Stephen Maguire stormed to within two frames of a place in the last 16, hammering the hapless Anthony Hamilton 8-1.