Rocket breezes through
The holder completed a 13-3 win with a session to spare as he capitalised on a host of mistakes from his opponent and will go on to face Barry Hawkins in the last four.
“You never know what type of match you’re going to get,” O’Sullivan said. “You can expect a really tough match and it turns out easy like it did with Shaun. I didn’t expect to win that easy. He’s a free-scoring great potter. He just missed a few balls and let me in easily. I still had to pot them but I didn’t have to fight for my chances.”
