Joe O’Connor upset world quantity 4 Neil Robertson in a 6-3 win to seal his place in Sunday’s BetVictor Scottish Open final in opposition to Gary Wilson.
Robertson produced three century breaks in opposition to O’Connor in their last-four conflict at Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, however that was not sufficient in opposition to the world quantity 55.
O’Connor watched Robertson open with a rating of 137 and after taking the following two frames might do nothing because the Australian made successive scores of 127 and 116 to lead 3-2.
Leicester’s O’Connor then made a 137 to degree it up at 3-3 and snatched the seventh body with a nerveless 47 clearance, which proved decisive earlier than sealing his win with a rating of 71 in the final body.
Earlier on Saturday, Gary Wilson reached the third rating final of his profession by defeating Thailand’s Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6-4.
World quantity 32 Wilson, who knocked Ronnie O’Sullivan out in the third spherical and beat namesake Kyren in the final 16, sealed his victory over Un-Nooh together with his third century break of the match in the tenth body.
Wilson moved right into a 5-3 lead after successive scores of 122 and 130 and regarded set to wrap it up in the ninth body earlier than lacking a straightforward pink to the center.
Un-Nooh, who defeated Judd Trump 5-4 on a re-spotted black in his quarter-final, cleared up to steal the body on the black and make it 5-4, however Wilson produced a match-winning rating of 115 in the following.
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