Snooker: Hendry punishes Day errors

Ryan Day's first Benson and Hedges Masters came to an abrupt end as went down 6-0 to Stephen Hendry in the second round yesterday.

Nerves got the better of Day in the first two frames at Wembley as he made errors to let Hendry go 2-0 up with breaks of 89 and 60. The Welshman put up more resistance in the third frame before Hendry sank the pink and black, and a 103 break made it 4-0.

A 91 break gave Hendry the fifth as Day could only sit and watch. After finishing his whitewash, the Scot had no sympathy for his young opponent. "Ryan showed his inexperience with some of the shots he took on," he said.