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‘Rocket’ soars into quarters

RONNIE O’Sullivan surged into the UK Championship quarterfinals in typically dominant fashion as his superb 147 break sealed a 6-0 thrashing of Matthew Selt on Thursday.

O’Sullivan’s fourth-round maximum at York’s Barbican Centre was the 109th in snooker history and the 13th of his career. The 38-year-old, who had a scare when the final blue wobbled in the jaws of the middle pocket before dropping, is set to earn 44,000 pounds (US$68,966) for the break.

The achievement was even more remarkable as the five-time world champion is playing on a broken left ankle, sustained while out running in Essex last week.

O’Sullivan will play Anthony McGill for a place in the semifinals as he continues his bid for a fifth UK title.

Earlier, Marco Fu of China’s Hong Kong advanced with a dramatic 6-5 win over Shaun Murphy.

Murphy beat Fu 10-9 in a tense 2008 final and the pair went the distance again, with the match being decided on the final black.

The Englishman had looked on course to seal a place in the last eight when he built a 5-3 lead but Fu battled back to level it at 5-5. Murphy again seemed to have the edge in the final frame but, after compiling a break of 54, he snookered himself on the final yellow and Fu did not let his opportunity slip, the 36-year-old potting all the colors to take the decider 74-62.




 

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