Judd Trump will play Shaun Murphy in the semi-finals of the inaugural Saudi Arabia Masters.
World number one Trump beat Australian Neil Robertson 6-3 in their quarter-final in Riyadh on Thursday.
Trump surged to a 3-0 lead, making a break of 100 in the third frame for his 997th career century, before Robertson pegged the advantage back to 4-3.
But in the end Bristol-born Trump won through as the challenge from his fellow former world champion faded.
Trump’s fellow Englishman Murphy went through with a 6-2 victory over China’s Xiao Guodong, albeit making only one half-century break – a 61 in the eighth frame.
Seven-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan plays Si Jiahui and England’s Jimmy Robertson takes on Wales’ Mark Williams in the two other quarter-finals later on Thursday.
The launch of the Saudi Arabia Masters has made it the most lucrative tournament in snooker after the World Championship.
Organisers are calling it the unofficial ‘fourth major’ – following the World Championship, Masters and UK Championship – as it offers a £2.3m prize fund with £500,000 going to the winner.
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