Ronnie O’Sullivan qualified for the quarter-finals of the China International Snooker Championship with a 6-2 victory over world number one Anthony McGill on Wednesday.

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Ranked 19th in the world, McGill took the lead in the table first and the balance remained at 2-2.

That’s when Ronnie took control of the game and won the next four frames. A 6-2 win is beyond doubt as O’Sullivan is the better player.

The game was played under the best system of 11 frames.

Super shot by Ronnie O’Sullivan

Video source: Eurosport

They were also discussed on Wednesday in the 1/8 finals of the International Championship

Ali Carter – Daniel Wells 6-1

Anda Zhang – Liu Haotian 6-3

John Higgins – Jordan Brown 3-6

Tom Ford – Mark Selby 6-3

Ding Junhui – Pan Junxiu 6-2

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh – Barry Hawkins 5-5 / to be continued

Stephen Maguire – Ryan Day 6-4

Ronnie O’Sullivan – Anthony McGill 6-2

International championship, quarterly schedule

Jordan Brown – Stephen Maguire

Tom Ford – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh / Barry Hawkins

Ronnie O’Sullivan – Eli Carter

Anda Zhang – Ding Junhui

The international championship takes place from November 5 to 12 at the Tianjin People’s Stadium and has a total prize fund of £825,000. The biggest break was made by Ryan Day (147). The champion of the last edition (2019) is Judd Trump.

Quarter-finals are awarded £21,500, semi-finals £32,000, finalist £75,000 and grand champion £175,000.

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