Summary Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Matthew Selt to reach UK Championship quarter-finals on Thursday.
LONDON (AFP) - Ronnie O Sullivan surged into the UK Championship quarter-finals in typically dominant fashion as his superb 147 break sealed a 6-0 thrashing of Matthew Selt on Thursday.
O Sullivan s fourth round maximum at York s Barbican Centre was the 109th in snooker history and the 13th of his career.
The 38-year-old, who had a scare when the final blue wobbled in the jaws of the middle pocket before dropping, is set to earn 44,000 pound ($68,966) for the break, which is the first of the tournament.
The achievement was even more remarkable as the five-time world champion is playing on a broken left ankle, sustained while out running in Essex last week.
Such was the pain of the injury that O Sullivan suggested after his first-round victory he might have to withdraw from the tournament if there was no improvement.
However, O Sullivan played through the pain and on Thursday rewarded the watching public with another potting masterclass.
O Sullivan will play Anthony McGill for a place in the semi-finals as he continues his bid for a fifth UK title.
Earlier on Thursday, Hong Kong s Marco Fu sealed his place in the last eight with a dramatic 6-5 win over Shaun Murphy.
Murphy beat Fu 10-9 in a tense 2008 final and the pair went the distance again, with the match being decided on the final black.
The Englishman had looked on course to seal a place in the last eight when he built a 5-3 lead, helped by a superb 137 in the fifth frame, but Fu battled back to level things up at 5-5.
Murphy again seemed to have the edge in the final frame but, after compiling a break of 54, he snookered himself on the final yellow and Fu did not let his opportunity slip, the 36-year-old potting all the colours to take the decider 74-62.
