Former world champion Kyren Wilson put his UK Championship disappointment behind him with some superb snooker to defeat China’s Si Jiahui 6-2 and move into the Masters quarter-finals.

At last month’s UK Championship in York, Wilson – using a replacement cue after his one had been damaged – was in tears after his 6-4 round-one loss to Elliot Slessor and said he had been “close to a mental breakdown”.

But Wilson, the 2024 world champion and 2025 Masters runner-up, has found a new cue which he has been using for a month and looked happy, confident and rejuvenated at Alexandra Palace.

In frame two, he potted 10 reds and 10 blacks but his attempt of a maximum 147 break ended on 80.

Si, a former World Championship semi-finalist, trailed 3-2 in an entertaining match, before England’s Wilson pulled clear to win three frames in a row.

He made the 545th century of his career in frame seven with an effort of 101, getting to three figures with an audacious no-look shot on the black, and then followed that with another century, a 105, to seal the victory.

Bizarrely, Wilson’s 6-2 success means all five matches played so far at this year’s tournament have been won by the same scoreline.

More to follow.