World Snooker Championship 2017: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats rival Shaun Murphy
RONNIE O’SULLIVAN reached the quarter-finals of the World Championship with a 13-7 victory over rival Shaun Murphy.
Ronnie O'Sullivan is through to the quarter-finals
O'Sullivan and Murphy have a notorious rivalry, which was rekindled in the last-16 at the Crucible this morning.
O'Sullivan carried a 10-6 lead into the morning session after a tense encounter last night.
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And the five-time world champion wrapped up the win in style with breaks of 111, 67 and 55.
Murphy said: “Any match against Ronnie is a test of your skills and you have to play at your absolute best to win. I did not.
"Ronnie played really, really well in the whole match and if he plays with that level of focus he will go on to win the title.
"I don't subscribe to the 'not being bothered' stuff. He certainly looks like he is trying."
Defending champion Mark Selby begins his last-16 tie against China's Xiao Guodong at 7pm tonight.