“He was well below par,” White added. “He didn’t have any discipline. He missed so many easy balls, he miscued a couple of times. He was very lucky the Barry Hawkins of late didn’t turn up because he would have lost yesterday. Ronnie would be the first to tell you that, but he’s now through, he’s got to play Murphy, who’s in good form.”
O’Sullivan did improve for his semi-final against Murphy. He was cool, calm and collected as he ran out a comfortable 6-2 winner against one of his fiercest rivals, stepping up in the way that White claimed that he needed to – with a final against either Ali Carter or Mark Allen to come.
