Masters 2014 Day 3

Ronnie O'Sullivan cruised to a 6-1 victory over Robert Milkins to reach the quarter-finals at the Masters.

O'Sullivan raced into a 5-0 lead but slipped up in frame six and allowed Milkins to avoid the whitewash.



Four-time Masters winner O'Sullivan responded by winning frame seven to seal victory.

Earlier, Shaun Murphy beat Ding Junhui 6-4 in a match that was delayed because of a power cut at Alexandra Palace in London.



O'Sullivan, 38, will next face either Barry Hawkins or Ricky Walden in the last eight, who meet at 19:00 GMT on Wednesday.



O'Sullivan made short work of Milkins and took little over an hour to establish a 5-0 lead.

A rare mistake allowed Milkins, 37, to pull a frame back before O'Sullivan finished the job.



Murphy was made to work harder for his victory over Ding and battle back from 2-0 and 4-2 down to set up a meeting with Marco Fu in the last eight.



Ding took a 2-0 lead with breaks of 99 and 84 but Murphy was able to make it 2-2 at the interval.



After restoring his two-frame lead, Ding lost his way and Murphy took the next four frames to go through.



China's Ding, 26, who won the Masters title in 2011, looked favourite to go through but missed the chance to go 5-2 up when he led frame seven and never recovered.



England's Murphy took advantage by winning frames seven and eight before taking the lead for the first time in the match and going on to seal victory.


The 31-year-old, who has never won the Masters, will meet Hong Kong's Fu, who came through the first round with a 6-5 victory over Judd Trump .



The match between Murphy and Ding started at 14:20 GMT - 80 minutes late - because of the power failure.