Snooker: Doherty to meet Hamilton in China Open last-eight

Ireland’s Ken Doherty will meet Anthony Hamilton in the quarter-finals of the China Open after Hamilton beat Quentin Hann 5-3 in Shanghai yesterday.

Elsewhere, Ronnie O’Sullivan needed just 67 minutes to secure his place in the last-eight after beating Jimmy White 5-1. O’Sullivan goes on to play British teenager Mark Selby, who has already knocked Joe Swail and Stephen Hendry out of the competition.