World number 16 Mark King put in one of his best displays of recent times to knock out defending champion Mark Selby in the opening round of the Masters.
King recovered from 2-0 down to defeat Selby, the world number six, 6-4. The Essex player got back into it with a 139 break and led 4-2 before Selby levelled at 4-4 with a break of 106.
King then led 5-4 and in a tense 10th frame the players agreed to a re-rack and, despite an error, King recovered to clinch victory.
Selby had previously lost just one match at Wembley in three years, and that in the 2009 final against Ronnie O'Sullivan, a result he avenged in the title match 12 months ago for his second title after also triumphing in 2008.
But King, who will face Shaun Murphy or Jamie Cope in the quarter-finals, revealed it was what he perceived as a somewhat premature celebration from Selby which inspired his performance.
"Mark is a fantastic player and this is like his back yard, but he won the second frame and put his cue up and it gave me the hump a bit," King said.
"He was pleased to win it on the black but I thought, 'Hang on, you're only 2-0 up'."
King also was pleased that the hard work he has put in over the winter is finally paying dividends.
"I am the worst break-builder there is in the top 16," added the 36-year-old.
"I don't make tons, I get in and make 30 or 20, but ever since the UK Championship I have been really working on it and I went to China with Stephen Hendry and got a little bit of advice from him."
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