Snooker: Shaun Murphy and Mark Selby will face each other in the semi-finals of the China Open. The other last-four clash will see Stephen Maguire take on Wales' Ryan Day.
Former world champion Murphy dispensed with Belfast's Mark Allen in a confident 5-3 victory at the Beijing Sports Gymnasium.
"I'm very pleased to get through to another semi and continue my consistent form," said a delighted Murphy. "The four players left have been the best this week, and with the exception of Ronnie O'Sullivan they are probably the best four in the world at the moment.
"Mark Selby and I are good friends and we've had some good matches in the past. We're both playing well so it should be a quality game of snooker, and I think it will be quite close."
Allen had breaks of 56, 54 and 62, and led early on having won the opener. But Murphy was in determined mood and, with breaks of 43, 53, 52, 59, 46, 82 and 64, he powered into a fifth ranking-event semi-final in a row.
And there was success too for Selby as he again proved a thorn in the side of John Higgins as he sent the world champion crashing out with an impressive 5-2 win. Selby was in excellent form to dump out world number one Higgins — his conqueror at the World Championship final in May last year.
Higgins had breaks of 55 and 127, but Selby stayed on course for back-to-back ranking titles with runs of 74, 50, 67, 76 and 106, triumphing in just 90 minutes.