** The Croatian-British Championship has played four 1 4 finals, and 4 strong players have been decided: O'Sullivan, Hussein Wafai, Trump and Ding Junhui. Ding Junhui successfully defended China's glory and will face Trump in the semifinals for the final. O'Sullivan, on the other hand, will face Zhou Yuelong, the No. 3 seed, world champion and Grand Slam winner who has won seven World Championships and seven British Championships.
In the game, O'Sullivan once led 4-1, but Zhou Yuelong won four games in a row, overtook 5-4 and won the match point. However, at the critical moment, O'Sullivan won two games in a row, narrowly defeated Zhou Yuelong with a score of 6-5, and successfully advanced to the semifinals. In comparison, Zhou Yuelong was overshadowed. In the other match, No. 15 seed Zhang Anda faced "Iran's first brother" Vafi.
Although Zhang Anda took the lead many times, he lost three games in a row with a 4-3 lead, and finally lost to Wafei 4-6 and unfortunately went out, while Wafei successfully advanced to the semifinals. Trump played against Selby, and in the first half, Trump won four games in a row to take a 4-0 lead, while Selby chased it to 1-4 after that. Trump once again won the match point 5-1 and finally eliminated Selby 6-3 and successfully advanced to the semifinals.
In the last game, Ding Junhui played against Mark Williams. In the first half, the two played to a 2-2 draw, and Ding Junhui showed the strength to break 100 with a single stroke. In the second half, Williams led 3-2, but Ding Junhui won two games in a row to overtake the score 4-3. In the eighth game, Williams pulled one back at 101-94 and then took the match point again at 5-4. However, Ding Junhui then won two games in a row and advanced with a 6-5 kill.
Therefore, the semi-final matchups are: O'Sullivan vs. Wafai, Trump vs. Ding Junhui.