- Allen wins final-frame battle, holding off Jack Lisowski
- Ding reaches fourth final after beating Tom Ford 6-3
Ding Junhui will face Mark Allen in the final of the UK Snooker Championship after the Northern Irishman produced a thrilling comeback to beat Jack Lisowski in a late-night decider.
Three-time champion Ding is into his fourth final after a 6-3 victory over Tom Ford at the Barbican in York. Ding had dished out a 6-0 thrashing to Ronnie O’Sullivan in the quarter-finals as the world No 1 suffered a first whitewash in a triple crown event in his 30-year career.
