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Hendry looked out of sorts against Maguire in a one-sided World Championship quarter-final, and said he made the decision three months ago.

He said: "There's a few reasons - the schedule, the fact I'm not playing the snooker I want to play, and the fact I'm not enjoying practice.

"It was quite an easy decision."

He added: "I didn't tell many people [before the tournament], but this is me finished from tournament snooker."

Hendry looked back to his fluent best as he hit his third maximum - a Crucible record he shares with Ronnie O'Sullivan - in his first round defeat of Stuart Bingham.

He went on to beat defending champion Higgins 13-4 which prompted him to declare that he could win a record eighth world title.

But Hendry made a flurry of mistakes against Maguire, which his opponent ruthlessly punished to win the last-eight tie with a session to spare.

"I want to do other things now," he added. "I've got a lot of commitments now in China, which I've signed up for and I can't do that and play snooker because I would never be at home."