John Higgins is out of the UK Championship after going down 6-5 to Mark Davis in York last night.
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Davis will now face 2003 winner Matthew Stevens in the quarter-finals.
Elsewhere, Belgian teenager Luca Brecel reached the last eight of a major tournament for the first time after beating Mark King.
World number two Mark Selby will play Australian Neil Robertson and Ali Carter takes on Stuart Bingham.
