Chinese player Ding Junhui lost his first match at the Wembley Masters Snooker to Mark Selby 6-1 here on Sunday.

    As the UK Championships title holder, Ding played Selby at the first match of the prestigious invitation event in Wembley Arena, seeing the 26-year-old Englishman winning the first five frames in a row.

    Although Ding managed to avoid the embarrassment of 6-0 by edging Selby in the sixth frame in 60-58, he could not stop last year's runnerup to wrap up the match in 75-48.