SNOOKER: John Higgins swept into the semi-finals of the UK Championship in York last night with a 9-3 demolition of Joe Perry.
The two-time former winner of the title led 7-1 after the first session, and although Perry made a century break in two of the frames he won, the Cambridgeshire player had no answer to Higgins' potting prowess.
A 128 by Perry which made it 8-2 was merely delaying the inevitable, and while the world number 19 also took the next frame, Higgins wrapped it up with a 106.
"It could easily have been 4-4 after the first session, because Joe missed three or four good chances in the balls," said the Scot.
"I managed to get in and clear up, and they are the frames that kill you if you lose them. That's what won me the match basically, a few clearances under pressure."
