MARK KING exited the Coral UK Championship after he was thumped 6-0 by James Cahill.

The 30th seed was not the only high profile player to see his tournament dreams end in tatters on a busy afternoon at York Barbican.

Dominic Dale, the 29th seed, complained of feeling "bunged up" and having hearing trouble after he was sent packing 6-4 by Tony Drago.

Andrew Higginson is also through to the second round - a 6-3 victor over Tian Pengfei - and Middlesbrough's Mike Dunn, thanks to a 6-2 triumph over Andrew Pagett, also makes the last 64.

Matthew Selt was an impressive 6-0 winner over Hammad Miah and Anthony McGill was too good for Michael Georgiou, coming out on top 6-4.