Zhao Xintong ended Mark Selby’s title hopes and Wu Yize prolonged a outstanding streak of kind on the Worldwide Championship in Nanjing – the place John Higgins and Stephen Maguire arrange an all-Scottish semi-final.

World champion Zhao got here from 4-2 down, after breaks of 118 and 107 by Selby, to win their quarter-final 6-5 with a run of 63 within the decider.

Victory means the 28-year-old is thru to the final 4 of a rating occasion for the primary time since his world title win on the Crucible in Might.

“That was unbelievable. It was my first time beating Mark Selby and I needed to come again from behind. I’m so pleased with myself,” Zhao instructed wst.television.

Zhao will face fellow Chinese language participant Wu within the semi-finals and might want to halt his compatriot’s gorgeous momentum.

After Wu got here again from 4-0 right down to beat Judd Trump 6-4 within the final 16 on Wednesday, the 22-year-old prolonged his run of consecutive body wins to 12 with a 6-0 thrashing of England’s Barry Hawkins.

The 22-year-old knocked in six breaks of greater than 60, together with runs of 73, 85, 111 and 86 within the final 4 frames of the match. He additionally had six breaks of over 60 in successive frames when staging his comeback in opposition to world primary Trump.

4-time world champion Higgins, 50, had breaks of 112 and 116 in a 6-2 win over Shaun Murphy, who made a 137 in reply however was nicely overwhelmed.

Veteran Scot Higgins is aiming to win a 3rd rating title in 2025 after beforehand going 4 years with out one.

Higgins is third on the all-time listing of rating title winners with 33 – three behind Stephen Hendry and eight in need of Ronnie O’Sullivan’s complete.

He’ll face Maguire within the last 4 after the Championship League winner received six frames in a row to beat England’s Zak Surety 6-1, ending the marketing campaign of the world quantity 60 who had a 147 earlier within the week and bought the higher of former Crucible champion Neil Robertson.