Luca Brecel came from 4-1 down to beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-4 and reach the semi-finals of the Evergrande China Championship.

Luca Brecel came from 4-1 down to beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-4 and reach the semi-finals of the Evergrande China Championship.

O'Sullivan saw his hopes of a 29th career ranking title quashed as he couldn't get past the winning line in Guangzhou. Instead, Belgium's talented 22-year-old Brecel goes through to his third ranking event semi-final and first since the 2016 German Masters when he ended up losing to Martin Gould in the the final.

Breaks of 85 and 55 helped O'Sullivan go 4-1 up before Brecel stormed back with runs of 110 and 103 to close to 4-3. He got the better of a scrappy eighth frame to level the tie. Both players had chances in the decider and it came down to the colours, Brecel potting brown, blue and pink to score one of his career best wins.

In the semis on Monday, Brecel will face China's Li Hang, who continued his career-best run with a 5-3 win over Mark Williams. Two time World Champion Williams compiled runs of 58 and 56 in taking a 3-0 lead before 26-year-old Li, playing in his first ranking quarter-final, won five frames consecutive frames with top runs of 66 and 103.

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