Day romps through to quarter-finals

Welshman Ryan Day enjoyed a comprehensive 6-0 victory over Joe Perry to reach his first quarter-final in four attempts at the Masters.

Day will meet Stephen Maguire on Friday after a comfortable win against an out-of-sorts Perry.

Day started steadily to take the first frame 82-24 and a 67 helped him win the second.

The one-way traffic continued despite Perry being first up in the third and he wasted another opportunity in the next frame, failing to clear up after Day slipped up on 53. However, the Wisbech potter missed a simple yellow to let his opponent back in and go 4-0 down.

The fifth was one-sided before Day wrapped up the win on the colours after another missed opportunity by Perry on the last red.

'It couldn't have been much better,' said Day afterwards. 'Joe was struggling and it's not easy when that happens in a big arena like this, you can feel embarrassed. I kept him under pressure and put enough points on the board to win.'