'Don't really get on'
Earlier Australia's 2010 world champion Neil Robertson set up an enticing quarter-final with three-time winner Selby after completing an impressive 13-9 victory over Barry Hawkins. The 38-year-old made short work of Hawkins in their final session having begun it locked at 8-8. He won five of the six frames to clinch a place in the quarter-finals for the eighth time. Selby will be a formidable opponent but, with three titles this season, world number two Robertson will not be lacking in confidence as he seeks to reach his first world final since his stunning success a decade ago. Selby won their only previous meeting in the championships, getting the better of 'The Thunder from Down Under' 17-15 in the 2014 semi-finals.

Robertson said he had few concerns about facing Selby as his "expectations are very high" for the tournament. Robertson said the virus-prompted shift from the tournament's usual April date meant playing conditions were very different. "The table is playing very heavy, it is very humid out there and it does not feel like playing at Sheffield. "It feels like playing in Asia and it is tough to screw the ball back." Kyren Wilson will play defending champion Judd Trump in the last eight after he beat fellow Englishman Martin Gould 13-9.

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Their clash looks sure to be a feisty affair with Trump saying last year the pair "don't speak" and "don't really get on". The quarter-final line-up was completed when Anthony McGill booked his first appearance in the last eight since 2015 after a tense 13-12 win over fellow qualifier Jamie Clarke. The pair had been involved in a furious exchange on Saturday when McGill accused the Welshman of deliberately standing in his line of sight. Scotland's McGill prevailed via a snooker behind the brown after both players had missed good chances to seal the nervous final-frame decider and will play Norwegian Kurt Maflin for a place in the semi-finals.

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