'I have been given a gift' - Ronnie O’Sullivan determined to keep fighting on biggest stage after Mark Allen win

Ronnie O’Sullivan has revealed he owes it to fans of snooker to keep producing the goods on the biggest stage. The six-time winner of the World Championship eased into the quarter-finals with a 13-4 demolition of Mark Allen. Ad/> It was an impressive performance but, ominously for his rivals, one which leaves scope for improvement from O’Sullivan.

World ChampionshipO'Sullivan into Crucible quarter-finals after record-breaking win against Allen5 HOURS AGO Victory over Allen was impressive, but even easy wins take a toll and O’Sullivan said it is about pacing yourself through the tournament. “No match is easy, even the ones that look easy on paper as you have to go through the quagmire of the beginning of the match, the sessions, the taking of the lead and maybe going behind and it asks a lot of questions,” O'Sullivan told Eurosport. “You cannot ease up even with a big lead.

You just have to keep focus. “I probably feel it (mental fatigue) more at the end of the tournament. When I am in it I don’t really monitor how I feel, if I am tired or this and that.

I just keep playing. “I have a lot of endurance to keep playing, a lot of stamina. I have played a lot of snooker and know how to pace myself.

“At some point the body might refuse to allow it to happen, but I just try to ignore that and go with my heart and see what happens.” O’Sullivan will take on Stephen Maguire in the quarter-finals, and is happy to be in the last eight and putting on a show for the fans. “I could probably not play in this event and not play the Masters and still have a great life,” O’Sullivan told the press after beating Allen. “But I think I owe it to myself, I owe it to the snooker fans, I have been given a gift and a talent and I have to try and