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Maguire, Mink among early casualties

Noppon Saengkham in action in the 6-red World Championship on Monday.

Defending champion and top seed Stephen Maguire of Scotland exited the Pathum Thani 6-red World Championship on the opening day of the tournament on Monday.

Thailand’s Nutcharat Wongharuethai, the 2022 world women’s snooker champion, also suffered two straight losses on day one and was left with no chance of making it to the knockout phase of the tournament.

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul chaired the opening ceremony of the 11-million-baht tournament at the 3,600-seat Convention Centre of Thammasat University’s Rangsit campus in Pathum Thani.

Maguire was first handed a 5-2 defeat by Chinese ace Ding Junhui and the Scot then went down again to…

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