AARON HILL HAS eased into the last 16 at the Xi’an Open after a 5-1 win over Mark Davis, which featured two century breaks.
Cork man Hill made successive breaks of 98, 131, 81 and 102 to see off Davis, winning all but the second frame.
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Hill, 23, had recorded a maximum — his second in just over three weeks — in his round-of-32 victory over home-country competitor Huang Jiahao.
Hill will face world No. 103 Liam Pullen in the quarter-finals after the Englishman whitewashed Thailand’s Noppon Saengkham.
Ronnie O’Sullivan also needed a little over an hour to whitewash Stephen Maguire 5-0 and book a spot in the last-16.
O’Sullivan dropped just one game as he swept aside Yao Pengcheng in Wednesday’s tournament opener and the seven-time world champion was even more uncharitable against Maguire, ranked 25th in the world.
Maguire, the former world number two who has won seven ranking titles including the 2004 UK Championship, won a meagre 25 points in five frames contrasted with his vaunted opponent’s 471.
Elsewhere, defending champion Kyren Wilson beat China’s Yuan Sijun 5-2, while former world champion Stuart Bingham had it all his own way against fellow Englishman Stan Moody in a 5-0 success.
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Aaron Hill cruises into last 16 in China as Ronnie O'Sullivan produces whitewash
LAST UPDATE | 9 Oct 2025
AARON HILL HAS eased into the last 16 at the Xi’an Open after a 5-1 win over Mark Davis, which featured two century breaks.
Cork man Hill made successive breaks of 98, 131, 81 and 102 to see off Davis, winning all but the second frame.
Hill, 23, had recorded a maximum — his second in just over three weeks — in his round-of-32 victory over home-country competitor Huang Jiahao.
Hill will face world No. 103 Liam Pullen in the quarter-finals after the Englishman whitewashed Thailand’s Noppon Saengkham.
Ronnie O’Sullivan also needed a little over an hour to whitewash Stephen Maguire 5-0 and book a spot in the last-16.
O’Sullivan dropped just one game as he swept aside Yao Pengcheng in Wednesday’s tournament opener and the seven-time world champion was even more uncharitable against Maguire, ranked 25th in the world.
Maguire, the former world number two who has won seven ranking titles including the 2004 UK Championship, won a meagre 25 points in five frames contrasted with his vaunted opponent’s 471.
Elsewhere, defending champion Kyren Wilson beat China’s Yuan Sijun 5-2, while former world champion Stuart Bingham had it all his own way against fellow Englishman Stan Moody in a 5-0 success.
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