STEPHEN MAGUIRE EARNED a comfortable 13-2 victory over Stephen Hendry to advance to the semi-finals of the World Championship this evening, prompting his opponent to retire in the process.
Maguire outclassed Hendry to establish a 7-1 lead in the first session, and there was no sign of an improvement from his fellow Scot thereafter.
Maguire then won the next four frames, including a 125 break, before Hendry managed to pull a frame back.
However, Maguire subsequently won the next two frames to seal his victory.
In today’s other encounters, there was little to separate Matthew Stevens and Ryan Day, as the former currently leads the latter 8-5.
In addition, Ali Carter leads Jamie Jones 5-3, while Neil Robertson is beating Ronnie O’Sullivan by the same score.
Results/scores in full:
(best of 25 frames)Stephen Maguire (Sco) 13-2 Stephen Hendry (Sco): 59-24, 75-0, 65-52, 72-17 (68), 125-0 (117), 77-0 (60), 19-66 (65), 95-0 (95), 67-1, 72-17 (72), 76-31 (68), 126-0 (125), 47-62, 99-8 (61), 65-6.
Matthew Stevens (Wal) 8-5 Ryan Day (Wal): 86-2 (86), 0-101 (100), 14-110 (110), 50-39, 8-93 (80), 28-75, 42-91 (57), 74-44, 91-38, 82-42, 70-0, 80-41, 70-23,
1430
Jamie Jones (Wal) 3-5 Ali Carter (Eng): 15-105 (58), 26-69, 65-31, 127-0 (127), 1-88 (77), 6-65 (59), 92-1 (92), 0-76 (76).
Resumes Wednesday at 1000.
Ronnie O’Sullivan (Eng) 3-5 Neil Robertson (Aus): 24-73 (68), 100-18 (100), 69-44, 19-96 (58), 0-104 (100), 93-1 (93), 39-72, 59-65 (59 O’Sullivan).
Resumes Wednesday at 1430.
