Defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan moved into the Betway UK Championship fourth round with a comfortable victory over Thailand’s Noppon Saengkham.
O’Sullivan, who is chasing the eighth UK title of his stellar career, was in dominant form at York Barbican, winning 6-2.
Take a bow, @ronnieo147!
What a way to seal it #baizeofglory @betway pic.twitter.com/SxUo0ScvsS
— World Snooker (@WorldSnooker) December 3, 2019
Breaks of 97 and 76 underpinned his success, with a spectacular pink to the corner pocket sealing victory in frame eight.
O’Sullivan did not drop a frame in the first two rounds, whitewashing Ross Bulman and Tian Pengfei.
And although Saengkham ended that sequence, he had no answer to O’Sullivan’s all-round game.
And Stephen Maguire booked his place in the next round with a 6-2 victory over his fellow Scot Graeme Dott.
