Ronnie O’Sullivan demolished Ali Carter 10-2 to win what had been termed a grudge match and attain the semi-finals of the Tour Championship.
The pair had not met since their ill-tempered assembly on the Masters remaining in January, which O’Sullivan gained 10-7.
Carter accused O’Sullivan of “snotting all around the ground” and The Rocket responded by saying his opponent was “not a pleasant individual” throughout an expletive-laden rant.
O’Sullivan refused to talk about Carter in his pre-game interview, letting his snooker do the speaking in a one-sided contest in Manchester that was over inside an hour of the mid-match break.
Carter by no means settled after lacking a straightforward crimson within the opening body which O’Sullivan punished by making a 77 break.
A scrappy 28-minute body adopted and O’Sullivan went to the interval 4-0 forward after compiling breaks of 87 and 54.
Carter’s greatest within the first session was a meagre 13 and his senses appeared scrambled when he tried to swerve across the yellow and struck one among two reds left on the desk.
O’Sullivan capitalised with a frame-winning 51 and prolonged his benefit to 7-0 with breaks of 81 and 92 – these efforts taking a complete 14 minutes.
Carter headed into the ultimate body of the afternoon session with the grim prospect of being whitewashed.
However he responded in very good trend with a 141 clearance to eclipse Tom Ford’s 138 as the very best break of the match, inserting him in prime place for a £10,000 bonus.
Carter closed out O’Sullivan once more initially of the night session, with breaks of 36 and 70 lowering the deficit to 7-2.
It was a false daybreak, nonetheless, as Carter ran out of place and missed a crimson for O’Sullivan to make a 62 clearance.
O’Sullivan then cashed in with a decisive 52 break after one other Carter error had opened up the desk.
Carter was put of his distress within the twelfth body as O’Sullivan compiled 67 earlier than going in-off within the center pocket, a uncommon mistake in a snooker masterclass.
Zhang Anda and Gary Wilson will resume their quarter-final on Thursday stage at 4-4, with the winner assembly O’Sullivan within the final 4.
Wilson gained two frames on the black to steer 3-1 earlier than Zhang fought again strongly in a good contest.
