Mark Allen produced a remarkable comeback in Glasgow to beat Daniel Wells 6-5 in the semi-finals of the Scottish Open.
Allen has been one of leading performers on the tour in recent months, reaching the final of the UK Championship last week, and his golden run shows no sign of stopping.
Despite his comments at the start of the week suggesting he would be looking to 'enjoy himself' in Glasgow as oppose to focusing solely on his snooker, Allen now finds himself on the cusp of another ranking title thanks to a remarkable late-show in this thrilling last-four clash.
Wells, bidding to reach his first ranking final, started much the better and was firmly in the control of the match when heading to the mid-session interval with a 4-0 lead.
However, Allen managed to regroup and kept his hopes alive by winning the next two frames with breaks of 55 and 59.
Wells hit back when winning frame seven to lead 5-2 but as the nerves slowly began to creep in, Allen pounced, producing his best snooker of the week when he needed it most.
A break of 70 reduced his arrears to two frames before a fabulous century (106) in frame nine and some fierce match-play in frame ten allowed the Northern Irishman to draw level.
Wells was visibly struggling going into the deciding frame and Allen wasted little time in seizing his chance, potting a wonderful red down the side rail with the rest before producing a string of superb positional shots to finish with a clearance of 129 and book his place in Sunday's final.
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Murphy trumps Trump
Shaun Murphy reached his first ranking final of the season when beating Judd Trump 6-3 in the semi-finals of the Scottish Open.
Murphy's disappointing campaign thus far has been well publicised but he has found form in Glasgow and raced into a 3-0 lead thanks to breaks of 89, 93 and 70.
Trump was finally allowed some table time when winning the fourth frame but a run of 82 kept Murphy in the ascendancy at 4-1.
A scrappy sixth frame went the way of Trump and when he won frame seven on the black after Murphy missed a thin cut-back, the match appeared perfectly poised.
However, Trump failed to take his chances in an error-ridden frame eight which Murphy also struggled but it was the latter who held his nerve best to leave himself one frame away from a place in Sunday's final.
Trump responded with a thumping long red to begin frame nine but when he ran out of position on 40, Murphy took advantage with a match-sealing break of 71 which began with an astonishing fluked red.
