High-scoring Greene shocks Doherty

GERARD GREENE has double reason to celebrate after causing a huge upset in the British Open at Brighton yesterday.

Greene, on the eve of his 30th birthday, sent world number six Ken Doherty crashing out 5-2. The Kent-based Northerner barely missed a ball as he fired in breaks of 85, 69, 74 and 78 to lead 4-1.

Greene then clinched victory two frames later by potting a tricky red down a side cushion to set up a third- round meeting with Steve Davis or Joe Swail. The world number 38, a professional since 1993, suffered several lean years among the game's supporting cast but reached the quarter-finals of last season's LG Cup and is in with a chance of breaking into the elite top 16 for the first time.