Doherty through to UK quarter-finals

Ken Doherty is into the quarter-finals of the UK Championships after disposing of Paul Hunter in easy style at York.

Doherty began the session 5-3 up on Benson and Hedges Champion Paul Hunter. He took the first two frames of the second session before Hunter pulled one back.

However, Doherty won the final two frames to seal the win 9-4.

Ken Doherty (Irl) 9-4Paul Hunter (Eng)

Frame scores: 57-21, 50-58, 65-30, 34-6 1, 71-39, 18-67, 74-1 (61) 64-0, 97-41, 64-52, 6-68 (64), 61-1, 127-0 (126).