Dwelling hope John Higgins, defending champion Gary Wilson, China’s Zhou Yuelong and Thailand’s Noppon Saengkham are via to the Scottish Open semi-finals in Edinburgh.

Saengkham knocked out one other Englishman, Sanderson Lam, by the identical scoreline.

Zhou edged England’s Stuart Bingham 5-4, whereas Wilson cruised to a 5-0 win over fellow Englishman Chris Wakelin.

Wilson faces Zhou at 13:00 GMT on Saturday, with world quantity 12 Higgins, the best ranked participant left within the event, taking up quantity 26 Saengkham at 19:00.

Higgins, who has by no means received his house occasion, was relieved to progress given 18th-ranked Ford got here again to stage from 3-0 down.

“I feel I’ve solely ever received one event in Scotland, so it will be superb to try to win right here,” he advised Eurosport.

“It was an enormous win for me as I’ve misplaced a couple of occasions to Tom and he’s such an improved participant. He’s a high, high participant, so it’s a huge win for me.”

Zhou, ranked 21 on this planet, had to withstand a Bingham fightback because the world quantity 25 got here from 4-1 down earlier than dropping the decider – a outcome which means he misses out on a spot on the World Grand Prix.

In the meantime, world quantity 20 Wilson advised Eurosport: “It was good to play fairly good for a change. It was a very long time coming.

“I had a nasty begin to the season and it was simply good to seek out one thing and play how I do know I can.”

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