Ronnie O'Sullivan into the last-16 of the European Masters in Milton Keynes after cruising past 18-year-old Wu Yize
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ByEurosport
Updated 23/02/2022 at 20:12 GMT
Ronnie O'Sullivan eased into the last-16 of the European Masters after comfortably beating Chinese teenager Wu Yize. The result comes after O'Sullivan admitted on Tuesday that he does not like discussing snooker after playing a match because "talking about it puts me in a bad place". Elsewhere in the afternoon session, John Higgins fell to a 5-0 defeat to Tom Ford.
'No one can rival him when he's playing like this!' - O'Sullivan seals win with ton
Ronnie O'Sullivan eases through to the last-16 of the European Masters after beating 18-year old Wu Yize 5-1 in Wednesday's afternoon session.
O'Sullivan's experience counted in the end, capitalising on some costly errors from his opponent, as he bids to win the European Masters for only the second time in his career.
O'Sullivan will face Ashley Hugill in the next round.
A scrappy opening frame which could have gone either way ended with O'Sullivan clearing up the remaining colours to take the lead.
But Wu fought back in the second frame as he snookered O'Sullivan and cleared up the remaining balls.
O'Sullivan then rattled off the next two frames before the interval. In the third frame he produced a break of 51 before extending his lead further as Wu missed the green which allowed O'Sullivan to clear up the remaining colours and steal the frame from 60-0 down.
The Rocket showed his experience again to go 4-1 up as costly miss on the black from Wu saw O'Sullivan swoop in and clear the remaining balls.
And it was job done by O'Sullivan who wrapped up the victory in style with a break of 112.
John Higgins was swept away 5-0 by Tom Ford. The Englishman secured breaks of 83, 68, 87 and 127 en route to an emphatic victory.
Hugill had little trouble defeating Ali Carter with a 5-1 win, securing breaks of 53, 50 and 86 in the second, fourth and fifth frames.
Fraser Patrick is also through after coming back from 3-1 down to stun Martin Gould 5-4, taking the decider with a break of 71.
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