SNOOKER: Perry makes the last eight in Latvia

Joe Perry reached the quarter-finals in the first world ranking tournament of the season, the Kaspersky Riga Masters in Latvia.
Joe Perry in action.Joe Perry in action.
Joe Perry in action.

The Chatteris potter came through three rounds before suffering a 4-0 exit at the hands of in-form Ryan Day, who went on to beat Stephen Maguire 5-2 in yesterday’s final.

In the first round Perry edged through 4-3 against David Gilbert compiling breaks of 55, 56 and 58 and then in round two he breezed past Tian Pengfei 4-0, winning the last frame with a 129 clearance.

Next up was Paul Davison and Perry won a low-scoring match 4-1.

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