Si Jiahui looked on course to win his world championship semi-final with a session to spare but Luca Brecel won five frames in a row to stay in the match
, 13-10 in the quarter-finals. He summoned up the same fighting spirit that secured that memorable victory with a display of virtuoso attacking snooker.
In the final frame of the night, it looked as if Brecel was on course to reduce his arrears to four frames when he made a break of 53, only to miss the final red to give Si a chance. But the 20-year-old surprisingly missed a straightforward attempt at green and thumped the table in frustration, a rare show of annoyance.
Mark Selby plays a shot as Mark Allen watches on in their semi-final. The match was played in a jovial spirit despite the dour nature of the snooker., the world No 2, and Mark Allen, the No 3, laboured for more than three hours to complete only five of their scheduled eight frames, with Selby establishing a 7-6 overnight advantage.
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