ANTHONY McGill is hoping to soak up Ronnie O'Sullivan's advice after the plucky Glaswegian gave it as good as he got before losing to the Rocket at the UK Snooker Championship.

McGill, 23, had been one of the stories of the tournament in York after seeing off legendary Scot John Higgins in the fourth round to set up a quarter-final clash with O'Sullivan.

And the Rocket, fresh from his 13th career perfect break on Thursday, was handed his biggest fright of the Championship so far after McGill took an early 2-0 lead.

World No.38 McGill was pegged back but he did have his chances - in particular, missing a straightforward yellow with the scores locked at 3-3 - but O'Sullivan went on to eke out a 6-4 victory.

"I said to Ronnie after the match if I could speak to him outside as I'd like to pick his brain and get some advice off him about what I can do better," said McGill.

"He seems quite complimentary of me, so hopefully I can catch him and have a chat.

I missed a few when I just wasn't concentrating at all. I felt absolutely fine and I loved being out there, but I just kept taking my eye off and breaking down.

"I didn't feel like 'oh my god I'm playing Ronnie O'Sullivan', there were just balls that I thought I couldn't miss.

"You can't keep getting away with that - I was doing the same against John (Higgins) so I was going to get found out down the line."

In the afternoon's other game at the Barbican, Scottish interest took another blow, with Graeme Dott crashing out after Stuart Bingham snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

Dott had arguably been the consistent performer in the tournament so far - dispatching reigning champion Neil Robertson after a fourth-round decider - but this time he was the one to lose out in the deciding frame.

Bingham bounced back from three frames down to win 6-5, and Dott, who now misses the cut for the Masters in January, admits fate wasn't on his side.

Dott said: "(Bingham) played well, there's no doubt about it - I just think the snooker gods didn't want me to win, I kind of felt that way when I was in the balls to go 5-1 up and I got a kick.

"If it got to there I think the match would have been done, so you start to think that it maybe isn't going to be your day.

"It's just the way it goes, I could easily have lost against Neil (Robertson) and I had a bit of luck to win there, but I certainly didn't have any luck to win this match.

"There are plenty of positives to take from this tournament as I'm playing OK, but it's gut-wrenching to lose at the last hurdle because I miss the Masters again."

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