Electric shocks at Crucible force Graeme Dott-Shaun Murphy match to be suspended
SIX seeds have already lost at the Betfair World Championship - but it was an entirely different sort of shock affecting ex-Crucible champion Graeme Dott this morning.
Dott, who triumphed in Sheffield in 2006, complained of static electric shocks early in the second session of his last-16 tussle with 2005 winner Shaun Murphy.
They left the arena after three frames, taking an early interval to allow tournament officials to address the issue.
A tournament official sprayed the carpet of the stage floor with water in an attempt to remedy the problem
It appeared Murphy was untroubled but on three occasions a bemused Dott was clearly affected, notably whenever he had to play shots from close to the cushion.
As the players headed for their dressing rooms, a tournament official sprayed the carpet of the stage floor with water in an attempt to remedy the problem.
Murphy, armed with a 6-2 overnight lead in the best-of-25-frames match, dropped the opening two frames of the morning but hit back with a break of 65 in the next to take a 7-4 advantage.