Ali Carter today followed his historic maximum break with a quarter-final victory over Peter Ebdon at the 888.com World Championship in Sheffield.
Carter's 147 came just 24 hours after Ronnie O'Sullivan's, the first time two have been scored in the same tournament, and helped him to a 9-7 overnight lead.
And the 28-year-old from Essex turned that into a 13-9 victory today to seal his first Crucible semi-final against either Stephen Maguire or Joe Perry.
Meanwhile on the other table, Ronnie O'Sullivan won seven frames in a row as he took charge of his quarter-final against China's Liang Wenbo.
The highluight of O'Sullivan's run was a superb total clearance of 138 followed up with a break of 86 to lead 10-4.
Although Liang did eventually pull one back, O'Sullivan's 11-5 lead left him requiring just two more frames in tonight’s session for victory in this best of 25-frame match.
