OSullivan 147 sees off Williams

Ronnie O'Sullivan hit a breathtaking 147 to seal a 13-7 victory over Mark Williams and cruise into the last eight of the World Championship in Sheffield.

O'Sullivan led 9-7 going into the final session and continued to cue beautifully as he extended his lead.

Breaks of 71 and 60 added to the lead before a 100 took him to the brink.

O'Sullivan then polished his opponent off with the ninth maximum of his career and his third at the Crucible, a venue that has only seen seven in all.

The 32-year-old will pick up a prize of £157,000 - £147,000 for the maximum plus £10,000 for the highest break - as long as no other player repeats the feat during the rest of the tournament.

The break took O'Sullivan eight minutes and 47 seconds to complete, three minutes longer than the astonishing world record time of 5:20 he set against Mick Price in 1997.

"As soon as I got on the first red I thought that I had to go for the 147," O'Sullivan told BBC Sport.

"Obviously it's more important to win the game but that money gives me a few options in the summer. I'll be getting a Bentley Convertible now - I've been dying to get one!

"The difference between this season and the last 13 seasons is that I've stumbled across a couple of things and kept my discipline with it and stayed patient.

"So I've never hit disastrous standards - before as soon as it went wrong I just wanted to get out of there."

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Frame scores (O'Sullivan first): 75-70 (61) 32-71 (65) 72-48 0-86 (55) 140-0 (140) 81-44 (81) 65-60 (59) 0-88 (88) 7-65 (64) 61-59 1-81 (76) 102-10 (102) 68-32 (50) 82-0 (78) 0-81 (81) 17-80 71-0 (71) 62-15 (60)