World Grand Prix 2024 snooker LIVE – Ronnie O’Sullivan faces Gary Wilson for place in semi-finals

Hello and welcome to Eurosport’s live text coverage of the World Grand Prix. We have two quarter-finals first up with Ronnie O’Sullivan facing Gary Wilson and Ding Junhui playing Zhang Anda. Before later on this evening the first of the semi-finals with Judd Trump playing Cao Yupeng.

World No. 1 Ronnie O’Sullivan continued his outstanding run of form to edge out Zhou Yuelong 4-3 in reaching the quarter-finals of the World Grand Prix in Leicester before threatening to retire from the sport.

O’Sullivan reached the 141st ranking event quarter-final of his golden 32-year career by producing breaks of 67, 107, 50 and 90, but was far from happy with his performance in securing a meeting with Scottish Open champion Gary Wilson on Friday. Wilson reached the last eight with a 4-2 win against Tom Ford.

O’Sullivan is enjoying one of his best seasons on the professional circuit having won the Shanghai Masters, UK Championship and Masters, but cut a downbeat figure despite completing a sixth straight win over an in-form Zhou, who produced runs of 76, 102 and 65, enjoyed a pot success rate of 95% and did little wrong in losing a high-quality encounter.

“I can’t fathom it out,” said O’Sullivan on ITV. “I’ve got to really consider whether I can continue feeling how I’m feeling out there. I just don’t get any enjoyment from the way I’m hitting the ball.

“It’s just hard work, and I haven’t a clue where the balls are going. It is just guesswork. And it is a struggle.

“The worst thing is you are winning bloody tournaments. If I was getting pumped first round every match, it would be an easy decision to make. I’m getting no enjoyment out of it to be honest with you.”

• 1pm: Gary Wilson v Ronnie O’Sullivan
• 1pm: Zhang Anda v Ding Junhui

• 7pm: Judd Trump v Cao Yupeng