Snooker news - O'Sullivan beats Zhou to reach quarter-finals of Northern Ireland Open

ByEurosport

Updated 15/11/2018 at 22:37 GMT

Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Zhou Yuelong 4-1 to secure his place in the quarter-finals at the Northern Ireland Open in Belfast.

Ronnie O’Sullivan

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World number one Mark Selby joined him by beating Martin O'Donnell 4-2.

Earlier in the day, O'Sullivan had eased past Tom Ford 4-0 in their third-round clash, while Selby had continued his imperious form with a whitewash of Hamza Akbar at the Northern Ireland Open in Belfast.

The Jester from Leicester compiled breaks of 86, 101, 67 and 122 in a consummate win against world number 102 Akbar.

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Like O'Sullivan, prior to today Selby had dropped just one frame this week in Belfast.

Peter Ebdon concluded his fourth-round match against Li Hang with a magnificent century, progressing 4-1.

Judd Trump is also through to the next round after a 4-2 victory over Luca Brecel.

Trump opened with a brilliant 71 before Brecel drew level thanks to a slice of luck in the second.

The Belgian went 2-1 up with a break of 82 before Trump levelled and then moved one clear with a century break of 115.

And he finished things off to book his place in the last eight.

Earlier in the day, O'Sullivan had eased past Tom Ford 4-0 in their third-round clash, while Selby continued his imperious form with a whitewash of Hamza Akbar at the Northern Ireland Open in Belfast.

The Jester from Leicester compiled breaks of 86, 101, 67 and 122 in a consummate win against world number 102 Akbar.

Judd Trump also enjoyed a third-round whitewash, defeating Jack Lisowski handily to secure his round of 16 place.

Trump sealed the win with an outrageous clearance.

Elsewhere, world number 39 Li Hang produced the shock of the round, beating Riga Masters winner Neil Robertson 4-0 to also progress.