Rocket through to semis; 'didn’t expect to win it that easy'

Ronnie O’Sullivan admitted he was surprised with the “easy” nature of his victory as he demolished Shaun Murphy to reach the semi-finals of the Dafabet World Snooker Championship on Wednesday.

The defending champion 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 or Dominic Dale in the last four.