Thompson dethrones the King (From York Press)

Thompson dethrones the King

8:48am Tuesday 9th February 2010

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ACOMB arrows ace Chris Thompson claimed his first major scalp of 2010 when he dumped world number six Mervyn King out of the Gibraltar Players Championship.

Thompson beat two-time world championship finalist and Premier League runner-up King 6-2 in the first round and went on to whitewash 2004 UK Open winner Roland Scholten.

The St Paul’s player missed out on a place in the last 16, however, when he succumbed to former world champion Ritchie Burnett, going down 6-2.

Mitre’s John Quantock, meanwhile, lost 6-4 to 2009 world championship quarter-finalist Paul Nicholson after knocking out Jeremy Cruz (6-2) and Michael Schmidt (6-0).

Martyn Turner, of Rawcliffe, fell at the first hurdle, losing 6-1 to Steve Brown.

In the StanJames.com Eddie Cox Memorial Trophy, Thompson beat Steve Evans (6-3) and 1996 World Masters winner Colin Monk (6-2) before bowing out to world number four Terry Jenkins (6-1) in the second round.

Quantock was edged out 6-5 by one-time UK Open finalist Vincent van der Voort while Turner lost to Mark Lawrence 6-3.

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