Rocket set for rematch

Ronnie O’Sullivan and Graeme Dott will re-run their World Championship final on Thursday night for a place in the Totesport Grand Prix quarter-finals.

World number one O’Sullivan defeated Joe Swail 5-1, while Dott knocked out former Grand Prix champion Dominic Dale 5-2 in Preston last night.

Masters champion Paul Hunter got out of jail against Essex rival Ali Carter. Yorkshireman Hunter, the world number five, trailed 4-2 and was 39-0 down in the seventh.