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Shaun Murphy has slammed the UK Championship's decision to allow amateur players to compete there - after being knocked out by one in the first round.
The 2005 winner of the event was pitted against Si Jiahui, who benefited from a player withdrawing to secure his place at the tournament at York Barbican.
The 19-year-old certainly took his chance, and despite seeing his 5-1 lead evaporate as Murphy took four straight frames, the Chinese teenager held his nerve to secure a memorable victory.
Shaun Murphy said after losing to Si Jiahui that the amateur 'shouldn't even be in the building'
Murphy trailed 5-1 before coming to back to level the match at 5-5 - only to lose the final frame
Murphy was less than impressed and angrily told BBC Radio 5 live: 'I feel extremely hard done by that I have lost to someone who shouldn't even be in the building.
'I don't know why we as a sport allow amateurs to compete in professional tournaments. This is our livelihood. This is our living.
'We are self-employed individuals and not contracted sportsmen. We don't play for a team.
'The other 127 runners and riders in the tournament, it is their livelihood too. It is wrong, in my opinion, to walk into somebody who is not playing with the same pressures and concerns I am.
'He played like a man who does not have a care in the
