O'Sullivan did not seem inspired by his victory
Ronnie O'Sullivan was in subdued form as he became the first player through to the semi-finals of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix in Aberdeen.
He came back from 2-1 down to beat Joe Swail 5-3 and now faces Shaun Murphy for a final place after he twice came from behind to beat Peter Ebdon 5-3.
"I was OK in that match. I'm quite happy," said O'Sullivan after his seventh consecutive victory.
"I was OK today, so I don't want to look too far ahead."
O'Sullivan began brightly but fell 2-1 behind, despite a break of 98 in the second frame.
Another high-scoring break of 80 put him level 2-2 at the interval and he then notched up runs of 76 and 137 to move closer to victory.
Swail, who is partially deaf, had been suffering with tinnitus during the week and admitted it affected his performance.
"It was only going to be a matter of time before I got caught out out there," he said.
"It was very hard to maintain my concentration. I tried, but if I had won, the same thing was going to happen on Saturday."
In the afternoon's other quarter-final, 2005 world champion Murphy racked up breaks of 71, 72 and 75 to win three frames on the spin and a place in the next round.
Ebdon had made three breaks of 50 or more to go ahead early on before Murphy rallied to book his semi-final place.
The evening matches saw Marco Fu and Gerard Greene set up a semi-final encounter.
Hong Kong's Fu whitewashed Chinese opponent Liu Song 5-0, his break of 79 in the first frame the highest of the match.
Northern Ireland's Greene saw off Joe Perry 5-3 in the other quarter-final.
Greene was in fine scoring form with breaks of 68, 57 and 123 in the first six frames though his English opponent held him to 3-3.
But Greene then won the final two frames, wrapping up the match with a break of 53.
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