Northern Ireland Open: Ronnie O'Sullivan sails into quarter-finals
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Ronnie O'Sullivan cruised into the Northern Ireland Open quarter-finals with a 4-1 win over Zhou Yuelong.
A break of 132 helped O'Sullivan advance to a last-eight match against David Gilbert, who whitewashed Lu Ning.
World number one Mark Selby progressed 4-2 against Martin O'Donnell and will play Thepchaiya Un-Nooh of Thailand.
Judd Trump, Peter Ebdon and Ryan Day are also through but Ali Carter lost a final-frame decider against Eden Sharav at the Waterfront Hall.
O'Sullivan has dropped just two frames in his four matches this week and he recovered well from losing the opening frame of his fourth-round contest to seal a comfortable victory.
Three-time world champion Selby remains on course for a semi-final against O'Sullivan after recording five breaks of 57 or more during his match against O'Donnell while world number five Trump won three frames in succession to defeat Belgium's Luca Brecel 4-2 and set up a quarter-final against Day, who beat Andrew Higginson without losing a frame.
Sharav recovered from 3-1 behind to upset Carter 4-3 and the Israeli will next play Ebdon after the 2002 world champion beat Li Hang 4-1.
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Selby v Ronnie looks a great semi on paper, but both got tough games today.
Ronnie v Trump final for me, and if that pans out, could be a classic!
Looking forward to this weekend to watch it!
I hope hits ones of these veins of form going into the world championship this year as the BBC tournaments always lose a sense of anticipation when he goes out.
he is being virtually allowed to hand pick his tournaments to play in & that is due to frequency/volume of tournaments.
he basically likes a bit of a moan & personally I wish he was muzzled & just allowed to play his genius snooker.
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Who's the greatest Ronnie? ......O'Sullivan, Corbett, Barker, Baxter, Irani, Rosential or Wood.......Please feel free to make other suggestions..
Pickering........
A couple of ravers
I hope Ronnie is still hungry for it after his £100,000 win a week or so ago.
1, O'sullivan.
2, Barker.
3, Kray.
4, Moody.
5, Radford.
Good shout
@3 Nicky - Is Ronnie now playing NFL for the Green Bay Packers? - I assume you meant baize
I think Ronnie is a gorgeous wrong un
Selby will grind Ronnie down, is my feel for this one.
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