WILLIAMS OUT!

Mark Williams has pulled out of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix because of a broken wrist.

Ridiculously, this means that Stuart Bingham has been eliminated - even though he beat Williams on Satuday.

This is because, according to the rules, a match involving any player who withdraws is declared null and void.

So Bingham and Robin Hull - who beat the Welshman 3-1 tonight - have effectively been penalised through no fault of their own.

This is what Williams said: “My wrist is really hurting. I can’t play properly and I didn’t want to make it worse so I’ve decided to pull out and rest it before the next tournament.

“Every time I played a shot with a bit of pace I got a lot of pain. I’ve never pulled out of a tournament before and it’s not very nice.

“Even if I’d won my decision would have been the same. Maybe I should never have come here but I wanted to give it a go. But it’s no good.”