This week’s World Grand Prix schedule has reached the semi-finals stage on the Morningside Enviornment in Leicester.

The 32 gamers who entered the competitors on Monday have been whittled right down to the ultimate 4 contenders.

Three victories have been earned to succeed in this level, however an additional two are required to obtain the trophy.

There’s a £100,000 high prize on supply for what’s the first of three occasions to be performed on the Gamers Sequence.

Judd Trump vs Cao Yupeng

(Friday, 7pm UTC)

The primary encounter on the World Grand Prix semi-finals schedule will happen on Friday night between Judd Trump and Cao Yupeng.

The pair emerged from contrasting quarter-final showdowns on Thursday to succeed in the penultimate spherical.

High seed Trump thumped Mark Selby with a 5-1 scoreline, whereas Cao needed to combat again from 3-0 behind to edge Mark Williams in a deciding body.

Having reached a fifth profession rating occasion semi-final, the latter stays on track to land his maiden rating title.

Cao has been denied glory on the last hurdle on three events, together with on this season’s Snooker Shoot Out when he was overwhelmed by Mark Allen.

Trump, in fact, is a serial winner who’s actually bidding to seize the World Grand Prix for a record-extending fourth time.

A triumph this weekend for the 34 year-old would additionally signify his fourth piece of silverware from this marketing campaign alone.

The Englishman’s huge expertise naturally locations him as a heavy favorite to progress to Sunday’s last.

Apparently, although, Trump and Cao have encountered one another in two earlier rating semi-finals, with one victory apiece.

Ding Junhui vs Ronnie O’Sullivan

(Saturday, 7pm UTC)

On Saturday night, the second semi-final on the World Grand Prix schedule will characteristic Ronnie O’Sullivan and Ding Junhui.

Mates off the circuit, O’Sullivan and Ding have spent plenty of time in one another’s firm each on and off the baize just lately.

The duo shared a few high-profile battles in opposition to each other on the primary tour both aspect of doing a little exhibitions collectively in Asia across the New 12 months interval.

O’Sullivan beat Ding to declare an eighth UK Championship title in December and once more within the first spherical of final week’s Masters.

Normally, the Rocket boasts a far superior head-to-head file in opposition to China’s best snooker exponent.

Ding, although, performed nicely to beat countryman Zhang Anda 5-2 within the final eight, with O’Sullivan a 5-1 winner over Gary Wilson.

Although the latter will signify the plain favorite, significantly given the shape he’s on this season, this explicit fixture is all the time a particular one.

O’Sullivan and Ding are arguably the 2 hottest gamers on the earth, making it a mouthwatering conflict to savour.

2024 World Grand Prix draw and schedule

(Occasions in UTC)

Spherical of 32 (bo7)

Judd Trump 4-2 Jamie Jones
Lyu Haotian 4-3 Chris Wakelin

Mark Selby 4-3 Yuan Sijun
Ali Carter 4-3 Wu Yize

Barry Hawkins 3-4 Cao Yupeng
John Higgins 0-4 Shaun Murphy

Hossein Vafaei 4-3 Matthew Selt
Mark Williams 4-3 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

Zhang Anda 4-2 Dominic Dale
Mark Allen 4-2 Jack Lisowski

Noppon Saengkham 4-1 Xiao Guodong
Ding Junhui 4-3 Ricky Walden

Tom Ford 4-1 Jordan Brown
Gary Wilson 4-2 David Gilbert

Zhou Yuelong 4-1 Stephen Maguire
Ronnie O’Sullivan 4-2 Pang Junxu

Spherical of 16 (bo7)

Judd Trump 4-0 Lyu Haotian
Mark Selby 4-3 Ali Carter

Cao Yupeng 4-0 Shaun Murphy
Hossein Vafaei 1-4 Mark Williams

Zhang Anda 4-2 Mark Allen
Noppon Saengkham 1-4 Ding Junhui

Tom Ford 2-4 Gary Wilson
Zhou Yuelong 3-4 Ronnie O’Sullivan

Quarter-Finals (bo9)

Judd Trump 5-1 Mark Selby
Cao Yupeng 5-4 Mark Williams

Zhang Anda 2-5 Ding Junhui
Gary Wilson 1-5 Ronnie O’Sullivan

Semi-Finals (bo11)

Judd Trump vs Cao Yupeng
(Fri, 7pm)

Ding Junhui vs Ronnie O’Sullivan
(Sat, 7pm)

Closing (bo19)

Trump/Cao vs Ding/O’Sullivan
(Solar, 1pm and 7pm)

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