Mark Williams received six of the final seven frames to beat Judd Trump 10-4 and attain the semi-finals of the Tour Championship for the primary time.

Following victory over the world quantity two, the Welshman, 49, will meet Mark Allen for a spot in Sunday’s last.

Third-ranked Allen, 38, received seven of the final 9 frames as he battled again to defeat China’s Ding Junhui 10-8.

Gary Wilson will face Ronnie O’Sullivan within the different semi-final after edging out Zhang Anda 10-8 in Manchester.

O’Sullivan progressed by thrashing Ali Carter 10-2 on Wednesday, after which he admitted he has needed to change his considering and “return to fundamentals” following a “arduous yr”.

In a scrappy contest, Williams clinched three frames on the black towards Trump as each gamers made simply two breaks over 50.

In the meantime, Northern Eire’s Allen got here again from 6-3 and 8-7 down to beat Ding, registering the very best break of the match to this point with 142 in body 10.

That semi-final will happen on Saturday (13:00 BST), after Wilson – who battled again from 8-7 down towards Zhang – takes on seven-time world champion O’Sullivan on Friday (13:00).