Classy O'Sullivan ousts Williams

Date: 17 April-3 May 2010 Venue: The Crucible, Sheffield
Coverage: Live coverage each day on BBC Two, BBC Red Button and BBC Sport website (UK only), updates on BBC Radio 5 Live.

Williams and O'Sullivan put on a great show for the Crucible

Ronnie O'Sullivan surged into the World Championship quarter-finals with a majestic 13-10 win over Mark Williams.

Resuming at 8-8, the pair shared the opening two frames before "the Rocket" stepped up a gear and took the next two, helped by a stunning break of 104.

Two-time champion Williams hit back with a 122, but O'Sullivan, eyeing a fourth title, hit 111 and 106 to win.

O'Sullivan will face the winner of the match between Mark Selby and Stephen Hendry, which finishes on Monday night.

Selby goes into Monday's later session with a 11-5 lead over the seven-time champion.

After O'Sullivan and Williams shared 16 enthralling frames on Sunday, the packed Crucible arena would have been hoping for a repeat of the last-frame drama witnessed in their Masters semi-final three months ago.

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O'Sullivan came out on top 6-5 in January, but apart from brief glimpses of magic from Williams, the current world number one rarely looked in danger of letting this second-round clash slip after a blistering display on Monday afternoon.

Having failed to make a century in the first two sessions, O'Sullivan, who last won the title in 2008, fired in three breaks over 100 in seven frames to leave the Welshman largely rooted to his chair.

A 53 break was enough for O'Sullivan to take the day's opener and the pair continued to exchange blows as Williams knocked in a 53 to level the match once again.

O'Sullivan, so inconsistent in his first-round win against Liang Wenbo, was slowly beginning to fire and he soon rattled in a 104 to sneak ahead.

The lead was soon up to two frames as he cleared up after his opponent missed a cut on the red, but Williams sniffed an unlikely comeback as he produced his own fireworks that included an audacious double on the black to conclude a 122 break.

O'Sullivan looked in no mood to relinquish his lead, though, and rattled in two centuries to bring the crowd to their feet, leaving Williams to wave goodbye to the Crucible arena for another year.

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