Ronnie O’Sullivan blanks Rod Lawler to cruise into Welsh Open last 16
Ronnie O'Sullivan at the 2023 Masters
Ronnie O’Sullivan qualified for the last 16 of the Betvictor Welsh Open with ease after a whitewash of Rod Lawler.
O'Sullivan put together breaks of 100, 62 and 58 on his way to a 4-0 success at Venue Cymru in Llandudno.
However, reigning champion Joe Perry is out after a 4-1 defeat by Robbie Williams, as is four-time world champion Mark Selby, a 4-2 loser to Robert Milkins who clinched victory with a break of 137.
Joe O'Connor also made it through with a 4-0 win over Stuart Carrington, while Ben Mertens edged a thriller against David Gilbert 4-3 having chalked up a break of 130 in the second frame only to see his opponent register 142 in the fourth.
There was a victory too for Pang Junxu, who saw off Aaron Hill 4-1.
Earlier, another four-time world champion John Higgins had secured a second successive 4-0 win, this time over Martin Gould courtesy of breaks of 89, 68, 97 and 66 to book a last 32 clash with Sanderson Lam.
He will be joined by Judd Trump, who needed clearances for 34 and 65 to fight back from 2-1 down to beat Louis Heathcoate 4-2 and set up a third round match against amateur Daniel Wells.
Ali Carter remains on track to win the £150,000 BetVictor Series bonus at the end of this week after his 4-1 win over amateur Ian Martin, while there were victories too for Hossein Vafaei, Andy Hicks, Mark Allen, Barry Hawkins, David Lilley, Jack Lisowski and Tian Pengfei, who beat Jimmy White 4-2.
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