Snooker news - Ronnie O'Sullivan wins thriller with Mark Selby to reach final, Trump beats Sharav

Three century breaks in the first five frames saw the five-times world champion rampage into a 5-3 lead, only for Selby to fight back to level matters with a brilliant under-pressure contribution of 72 before a solid closing 28 forced the 11th frame decider.

In the final frame, world No 1 Selby fluked a snooker on the red forcing O'Sullivan to foul several times trying to hit a red as it appeared certain he would lose the frame and match.

However, he then hit the red, which drifted into a middle pocket before clearing up the colours for an incredible 70-68 win - only two points separating arguably the two greatest players in the world game at the moment.

In the other semi-final, Judd Trump beat Eden Sharav 6-3 in a much more straightforward victory. He had raced into a 3-0 lead before his Israeli opponent his back with a century break of 108 to get on the scoreboard.

But Trump kept him at two frames distance, at least, from there on and set up a mouth-watering final against O'Sullivan on Sunday at 1pm.