O'Sullivan puts an end to Day

Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Welshman Ryan Day 5-4 to make the final 16 of the Players Championship in Glasgow.

The world No2 fought back from 4-3 down, with a break of 83, to claim victory last night.

O'Sullivan will now face either Australian Quinten Hann or Scot Jamie Burnett for a quarter-final place.

Former world champion Peter Ebdon will face Scotland's Graeme Dott in the third round after a 5-3 victory over Stuart Bingham.

Glaswegian Dott sealed his place with a 5-3 win over Hong Kong's Marco Fu.

Six-time world champion Steve Davis is also through after a 5-3 win over Australian Neil Robertson.

In the afternoon session, world number one Mark Williams edged past Rod Lawler 5-4 to reach the last 16.

The world champion rallied from 4-3 down and a 46-point deficit in the final frame to pull through. He will play Mark King, who beat Matthew Stevens, next.