Ronnie O’Sullivan reached the 1/8 finals of the Great Britain Championship after defeating Scotland’s Anthony McGill with a score of 6:2.

Ronnie O’SullivanPhoto: Mark Stephenson / Zuma Press / Profimedia

Ronnie O’Sullivan, success against Anthony McGill

On Tuesday, Ronnie O’Sullivan advanced to the round of 16 of the British Championship after defeating Scotland’s Anthony McGill 6-2.

McGill started well and quickly made it 2-0, but O’Sullivan came back and did not drop a point until the end.

Ronnie O’Sullivan will face the winner of Robert Milkins and Tepchai Un-Nu in the round of 16.

Championship of Great Britain, table of eights

Junhui Ding – Tom Ford

Mark Williams – Jamie Rhys Clarke

Mark Selby as Barry Hawkins

Jamie Jones – Judd Trump

Ronnie O’Sullivan – Robert Milkins / Thepchaya Un-Nu

John Higgins – Neil Robertson / Yuelong Zhou

Hossein Wafai – Matthew Selt

Zhang Anda – Luca Bresel

The UK Championship will take place from 25 November to 3 December at the York Barbican with a total prize pool of £1,205,000. The champion of the last edition is Mark Allen.