I’m having a great time – Ronnie O’Sullivan breezes into last eight

EASY DOES IT: Ronnie O’Sullivan beat Zhou Yuelong 6-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the UK Championship in York. Pic: Isaac Parkin/PA

World champion Ronnie O’Sullivan cruised into the quarter-finals of the UK Championship with a 6-0 thrashing of China’s Zhou Yuelong in York.

O’Sullivan recorded the highest break of the final stages to date, a total clearance of 137, in the third frame and completed the whitewash with a break of 103 against a woefully out-of-form opponent.