Mellieha-born Alex Borg was booted out of the Malta Cup yesterday when he suffered a 5-3 defeat to Sean Storey in the qualifying round one.

Borg's hopes of qualifying for his ‘home’ tournament were dashed to the ground by Grimsby’s Storey who advanced to the second round and a match with Mike Dunn.

In a scrappy match with no breaks over 50, Storey recovered from 2-1 down to win four of the last five frames.

Malta’s other professional, Tony Drago, will be in action later this week when he faces the winner of the second round tie between Shokat Ali and Joe Delaney in round 3.