Rachel Casey presents coverage of the afternoon session on day three at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, featuring the quarter-finals, played over the best of seven frames. Eventual champion Alfie Burden edged past Tony Drago 4-3 at this stage last year to set up a last-four meeting with Hassan Kerde, who defeated Charl Jonck 4-2 in the only match where both players were unseeded. In the other half of the draw, Aaron Canavan prevailed 4-2 against Wayne Townsend and Dominic Dale recorded a comfortable 4-1 win against Joe Perry