Snooker: Mark King ends Ken Doherty’s Crucible hopes

Snooker – World Championship Qualifying – Day Two – Ponds Forge

Ken Doherty’s hopes of reaching the Crucible for the first time in six years were ended by Mark King on Sunday after a 6-3 defeat in the penultimate round of qualifying.

The 1997 world champion kept alive his professional snooker career with victory against Fraser Patrick on Friday, but this meeting with King proved a step too far for the 50-year-old.