China's Ding Junhui beat the UK's Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-0 in the UK Championship quarterfinal in York on Friday, setting up a semifinal with Tom Ford, who downed Joe Perry 6-4. 

The other semifinal on Saturday will take place between Mark Allen and Jack Lisowski.

This was the 30th encounter between Ding, three-time winner at the UK Championship, and world No.1 O'Sullivan, seven-time champion at both this event and the World Championship.

It was the first whitewash Ronnie "the Rocket" O'Sullivan had suffered in a Triple Crown event in his 30-year career.

"It's great to see Ding play well. He's a class act. Afterwards I just said to him 'you played great, go and win it, get the job done.' I think we're all Ding fans," said O'Sullivan.

(With input from agencies)