Snooker news - Vintage Ronnie O'Sullivan cruises through to Shanghai quarters

The defending champion, 43, put together runs of 69, 80, 69, 65, 143 and 132 to whitewash 25-year-old Yi.

Zhang, who qualified for the tournament with victory in the Shanghai Amateur Masters, had no answer as the Rocket turned on the style, and the five-time world champion will face the winner of Kyren Wilson in the quarter-finals, who beat Xiao Guodong 6-4.

Earlier, 2005 world champion Shaun Murphy put together the highest break of the tournament – a 136 – as he beat 2018 world champion Mark Williams 6-5.

In a high calibre match, runs of 136, 66, 123, 70 and 56 were enough to see the Magician past Williams, himself who made 69, 54, 63, 98 and 57.

Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 – 0 Zhang Yi

Shaun Murphy 6 – 5 Mark J Williams

Jack Lisowski 6 - 3 Mark Selby

Kyren Wilson 6 - 4 Xiao Guodong

Liang Wenbo 6 – 4 Stuart Bingham

David B Gilbert 6 – 0 Cao Jin