Brecel and Robertson seal whitewash wins

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Neil Robertson of Australia competes during the third round match between Neil Robertson of Australia and Lu Ning of China at 2019 World Snooker China Open tournament in Beijing, capital of China, April 4, 2019. Neil Robertson won 6-0. (Xinhua/He Changshan)

Luca Brecel and Neil Robertson produced blistering displays to secure their quarter-final places at the XingPai China Open with whitewash wins in Beijing.

Brecel progressed courtesy of a 6-0 defeat of Iran's Hossein Vafaei. He needed just under an hour and a half to secure the comprehensive victory.

The Belgian was given a boost yesterday after David Gilbert's 6-3 defeat to Scott Donaldson confirmed his World Championship place in the Race to the Crucible.

Breaks of 68 and 55 helped Brecel into a 3-0 advantage in the early stages. He then surged to the line with a blitz of unanswered points. Contributions of 80, 35, 60, 47 and 43 saw Brecel string together a run of 265 points without reply, to ease into the last eight 6-0.

Robertson dispatched China's Lu Ning 6-0 in an equally quickfire fashion. The world number seven is the highest ranked player left in the tournament after a series of shock defeats, which have seen the likes of Mark Selby, Mark Williams, John Higgins and Judd Trump fall by the wayside.

Australia's Robertson is currently in superb touch, having reached three consecutive ranking finals. He was victorious at the Welsh Open and runner-up at the Players Championship and Tour Championship.

The 2010 World Champion composed breaks of 56, 100, 75, 60 and 77 on his way to victory.

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