Neil Robertson is the first man through to the semi-finals of
the World Championships as he overcame surprise package David Gilbert by 13
frames to 9. The Masters champion led 10-6 after the second session and extended
his lead by winning the first frame of the session but Gilbert would not back
down and took three of the next four with breaks of 69, 121 and 67 but The
Aussie got the crucial thirteenth frame he needed to make it through to the
last eight.
John Higgins and Stephen Hendry got their mouth-watering all-Scottish
affair underway on Friday morning. It was a tetchy start to the match with the first
four frames being shared but Hendry gained the upper hand and secured a 5-3
lead at the end of the session. Things got steadily worse for the defending
champion as a comedy of errors saw 43-year-old Hendry go 8-3 up before Higgins
took the last frame before the interval. However Hendry kept his foot on the accelerator
and won the next four to give himself an unassailable 12-4 lead ahead of the
final session on Saturday afternoon.
Already 5-3 ahead, Stephen Maguire extended his advantage
over Joe Perry in their second round match to 11-5 and requires only two more
frames to make it through. Maguire took five of the first six frames to go 10-4
up and despite Perry knocking in a 103 in the fifteenth frame, Maguire won the
last frame of the session to give himself a healthy lead. Meanwhile Ryan Day
built up a fantastic 6-2 lead over Cao Yupeng with their match concluding on
Saturday evening.
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