Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump remain on course to meet in the final of the Northern Ireland Open for the third year in a row after reaching the quarter-finals of this year’s event.
O’Sullivan made the last eight of the tournament, which is being played in Milton Keynes, by beating Thailand’s Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-2 in round four.
Defending champion Trump saw off Martin Gould 4-1 at the Marshall Arena.
O’Sullivan now faces Ding Junhui, with Trump taking on Scott Donaldson.
‘Was that you?’
The world champion admitted he was suffering from stomach problems after loudly breaking wind midway through his first match of the day against Matthew Stevens.
O’Sullivan – nicknamed ‘The Rocket’ – appeared to apologise to Stevens before turning to embarrassed referee Ben Williams and joking: “Was that you?”
But later…
