China Open: Judd Trump out, Shaun Murphy breaks record and Ronnie O'Sullivan through

World number one Judd Trump lost to Thailand's Noppon Saengkham, while Shaun Murphy set a new scoring record and Ronnie O'Sullivan made a winning start to his campaign on day two of the China Open.

Trump could lose his world number one ranking before the end of the month after a 6-3 loss to Saengkham, ranked 45th in the world.

In round two, the Thai player will face seven-time world champion O'Sullivan, who made a century break and four further breaks over 60 as he recovered from losing the opening two frames to beat Wales' Jackson Page 6-2.

The China Open is the first main ranking tournament of the 2026-27 season and former world champion Murphy made some snooker history in his 6-0 victory over fellow Englishman Matthew Selt.

Murphy, who lost 18-17 in the World Championship final to China's Wu Yize in May, made breaks of 18, 61, 132, 103, 139, 113 and 41 in frame six, before playing safe for a record total of 607 unanswered points before Selt potted a ball.

His tally surpassed the previous record of 556, set by O'Sullivan during a 6-0 win over Ricky Walden at the 2014 Masters.

Murphy, who turns 44 on Monday, told the World Snooker Tour (WST) website: "I can't believe it, I'm over the moon.

"I knew I was close - at the interval I didn't want to go looking on any websites to check what the record was. If you find yourself in the bubble and in the flow, you just want to stay in it.

"It was a delight to play for a great crowd out there and put on a good show. I haven't set that many records throughout my career and I am sure someone will go out and beat this one at some stage. But to be part of snooker history in this way is a great thrill."

As well as setting a new record for most points without reply, Murphy also equalled the record for the most consecutive centuries with four, something he has now done twice. Northern Ireland's Mark Allen and Australia's Neil Robertson are the others to have achieved that feat.

Murphy's incredible day could have got better in frame five as he was on course for a maximum 147, only for the run to end at 113 as he missed the 15th black.

The China Open has returned to the WST calendar for the first time since 2019, and is now hosted in Taiyuan, 310 miles (500km) south west of Beijing, rather than the Chinese capital.

The winner will receive £250,000, with the runner-up collecting £100,000.

O'Sullivan won the tournament in 1999 and 2000 and went 2-0 behind to Page, only to recover well with breaks of 64, 70, 96, 93 and 100 to win six frames in a row to move into round two.

Trump, a China Open winner in 2011 and 2016, came into the event off the back of beating Kyren Wilson in the final of the invitational Shanghai Masters last week.

After recovering from being 2-0 down, Trump made it 2-2 thanks to breaks of 85 and 91, but Saengkham won three in a row, including a match-high break of 120, on his way to victory.

Trump has topped the world rankings since August 2024, but to have any chance of staying there he must win the Wuhan Open later this month and hope other results go his way.

Zhao Xintong is currently best placed to overtake Trump, with Neil Robertson and Wu Yize not far behind.

Trump was not the only seeded player to lose in the first round, as Barry Hawkins lost to Liu Hongyu, Mark Williams was defeated by Zhou Yuelong, and Ding Junhui was thrashed 6-1 by David Gilbert on Saturday.