Mark William and Ronnie O'Sullivan have advanced to the semi-finals of the Failte Ireland Irish Masters at Citywest.
Welshman Williams, without a title victory since October 2003 and struggling to retain his place in the world's top 16, recovered from a poort start, when he lost the opening two frames, to beat 2002 finalist Stephen Lee 6-4 in today's penultimate quarter-final.
He will meet world champion and world number one Ronnie O'Sullivan in the last four after the 'Rocket' saw off a spirited display by Northern Ireland's Gerard Greene to win the last quarter-final tonight.
Yesterday, Robert Milkins beat Dave Harold 6-3 to book his semi-final spot after Matthew Stevens had ousted Stephen Hendry on a 6-5 scoreline.
FAILTE IRELAND IRISH MASTERS QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS
M Williams 6-4 S Lee
Frame 1: 16-118 (62), Frame 2: 1-80 (76), Frame 3: 141-0 (141), Frame 4: 105-14 (105), Frame 5: 1-67 (66), Frame 6: 99-7 (99), Frame 7: 102-0 (64), Frame 8: 1-93 (87), Frame 9: 79-47, Frame 10: 75-49
R O'Sullivan 6-4 G Greene
Frame 1: 67-2 , Frame 2: 107-1 (107), Frame 3: 56-81 (54), Frame 4: 56-8, Frame 5: 137-7 (137), Frame 6: 19-92, Frame 7: 31-68, Frame 8: 126-0 (114), Frame 9: 27-54, Frame 10: 128-0 (128).
