Doherty bows out after Bingham loss

Ken Doherty, who had shown some good form this week in beating John Higgins and Tom Ford, bowed out of the Welsh Open yesterday after losing 5-3 to England’s Stuart Bingham in the quarter-final.

The Dubliner started well, a break of 88 giving him the opening frame and then taking a scrappy second frame.

But Bingham hit back to level at the interval.