Easy for Hendry as he hammers Milkins

There have been shocks galore at snooker's British Open but Stephen Hendry never looked in danger of swelling the number of big name departures as he sailed into the last 16 at the Brighton Centre tonight.

Hendry, keen to end a trophy famine stretching back to last year’s event when he beat Ronnie O’Sullivan in a top quality final, launched his title defence with a 5-1 victory over Gloucester’s Rob Milkins.