Former title winner Judd Trump moved into the World Snooker Championship quarter-finals as he completed a comprehensive 13-7 win over 14th seed Tom Ford.
Trump, 34, came into this tournament as number two in the world with five ranking titles under his belt already this season, but the 2019 world champion wants more.
“The Worlds is special and all the greats have managed to win it multiple times,” said Trump before the tournament started. “I don’t know when the prime is in snooker, but I feel I’m somewhere there or thereabouts.
“Unless I win here it’s a failure for me. If I go home from a tournament and I’ve not won, it’s a failure. It’s a horrible feeling losing and anything less than a win is not good enough.”
Trump will face world number 44 Jak Jones after the Welshman battled to a 13-9 win over last year’s surprise semi-finalist China’s Si Jiahui.
“Judd and Ronnie O’Sullivan are two of the best players in the world so it does not get any tougher than that,” said 30-year-old Jones.
“Everyone is expecting a Ronnie-Judd semi-final so I’ve got nothing to lose and I will just try my best and see what happens.”
Jones had seen a 6-2 lead trimmed to 9-7 in the second session, but he had enough left in the reserves to finish off Si when they returned on Saturday.
After coming through a match of sometimes dismal quality, Jones accepted he would have to play better against Trump when they meet on Tuesday and Wednesday.
“I feel relieved,” said Jones. “It was an absolutely shocking match. Today was a little bit better but I don’t know how I won. I don’t think either of us were clinical – someone just had to win.
“I won four black-ball games in the first session to be 6-2 up. If I’m winning when I’m not playing well there’s a positive in that.”
