Snooker: Former champion Ken Doherty will drop out of the top 16 in the world rankings for the first time in 15 years after crashing out of the World Championship last night.
Doherty now faces having to qualify for the televised stage of tournaments next season.
After his 10-5 by Chinese debutant Liang Wenbo, the 1997 champion said: "It's hard to describe, it's very disappointing. I didn't play like I can and to drop out of the top 16 is the icing on the cake.
"I'm not afraid to go back to the qualifiers but it will be a lot tougher. There are players who have gone there and come back and my results will show I probably deserve to go out of the top 16.
"It would be quite scary if this was my last Crucible but I've got my hands on the trophy once. Who knows whether I will be back or not. I just did not play well all season. I don't know where it went wrong. I've been playing very well in practice and putting lots of hours in but not seeing the fruits of it."