Doherty exits after Perry whitewash

KEN DOHERTY was sent toppling out of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix last night after an unexpected defeat to Joe Perry.

The popular Dubliner, last season’s Malta Cup winner, was whitewashed 5-0 at the Aberdeen Exhibition Centre as his Cambridge opponent guaranteed a quarter-final berth.

And following defeat the 1997 world champion admitted: “My whole career has been like this. I’ll play well in one match and not in another.