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O’Sullivan is a seven-time world champion
Arrogant Ronnie O’Sullivan defeated John Higgins to reach the semi-finals of the 1st Riyadh Season World Masters of Snooker.
O’Sullivan made three century breaks in the first three frames and another 82 in the final frame for a 4-0 win.
Scotland’s Higgins failed to pot the reds in this match, scoring only four points due to fouls.
O’Sullivan will face Judd Trump in the semi-finals of the Saudi tournament.
Trump rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Sean Murphy 4-3 and advance to the final four.
Earlier, Mark Allen fought back from a 3-1 deficit to beat Mark Selby 4-3.
Northern Ireland’s Allen will face Luca Brecel in the semi-finals after the world champion defeated Ali Carter 4-1.
In the first quarterfinal, an 84-point break gave Selby a 2-0 lead, but Allen responded with a 73-point run to close the gap.
Selby extended his lead by two more frames, but Allen fought back to tie the score, clinching the final frame on the black.
Carter, on the other hand, was frustrated that he left Brown out and lost to Bressel when it looked like he was going to tie the game at 2-2, and blamed it on a scoreboard error.
“We are cleaning up. We would like to continue, but the scorer made a mistake in scoring,” he told Eurosport. “I’ve been wowing the table thinking I can play whatever I want.
“I looked at the scoreboard and suddenly thought, ‘Did I miscalculate?'” I was completely out of my rhythm.
“I thought I had to pot the brown to get the draw. I don’t know what happened, but I was looking at the blue and all of a sudden the umpire said, ’41,’ and I said, ‘This is 41.’ 22 meters behind me or something. It completely devastated me. ”
Trump came out on top in a quality match with Murphy, who took a 2-0 lead after breaks at 126 and 105.
The 34-year-old battled back to 2-2 with Murphy taking the lead again. However, with a break of 69, he reached the level of a former world champion and won the deciding spot.
The semi-finals and the best-of-nine final will be held on Wednesday.
The winner will take home £250,000 of a total prize pool of £800,000.
A golden ball was brought to this tournament, where the world’s leading players gather. If a player reaches his 147, he has a chance to break the 167 record.
A golden ball worth 20 points is placed on the top cushion throughout the frame as long as the player can complete the maximum break, and is removed when the chance ends.