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Ronnie O’Sul More than an hour was needed to thrash Stephen Maguire 5-0 and seal Xi’an’s place in the last-16 Grand Prix In China,
O’Sullivan dropped just one game after beating Yao Pengcheng in Wednesday’s tournament opener and the seven-time world champion was even more aggressive against Maguire, ranked 25th in the world.
Former world number two Maguire, who won seven ranking titles including the 2004 UK Championships, won only 25 points in five frames in contrast to his arch rival’s 471.
O’Sullivan returns to action for the first time this week after losing the final-frame decider neil robertson But saudi arabia The Masters final in August began on Thursday with a break of 134.
Further breaks of 70, 63 and 85 took O’Sullivan to the brink of victory, which he duly accomplished after the fifth frame to set up a showdown against Wales’ Jack Jones on Friday afternoon.
“I feel like I’ve played very well throughout the season,” O’Sullivan said on the World Snooker Tour.
“But as I always say, this game has a way of making you humble. I’m very, very happy with my game, but talk to me in two, three, four weeks or two months, I’ll be like ‘the game’s really tough, really tough.’
“You can’t take this game lightly, when it’s good you have to enjoy it and when it’s not so good, you have to suck it up and just get through that.
“At the moment, I am enjoying the game and enjoying playing and long may that continue.”
World number three Robertson made breaks of 126 and 103, but was eliminated after He Guoqiang won the last two frames to win 5–4, while his highest score of the match was 57.
Matthew Stevens, who had defeated world number one Judd Trump in the previous round, came back from 4-1 down against Liu Haotian to level 4-4, but lost the decider.
Former world champion Mark Williams, Kieran Wilson, Shaun Murphy and Stuart Bingham advanced, while Robert Milkins scored four centuries to beat Jimmy Robertson 5–4.