Higgins stays on course for sixth Welsh Open title

John Higgins remained on course for a sixth Welsh Open title after brushing aside Zhou Yuelong in the quarter-final.

The Scot clinched three scrappy frames before making breaks of 75 and 67 to win the contest 5-0.

Higgins will meet Jack Lisowski in the semi-final after he defeated 2017 champion Stuart Bingham 5-2.

Lisowski stormed into a 4-0 lead in Llandudno, with breaks of 70 and 118, before Bingham wrestled two frames back.

Barry Hawkins reached his first semi-final of the season after seeing off a former world champion for the second day in a row.

Having overcome Mark Williams on Thursday, Hawkins beat Neil Robertson 5-3.

Hawkins made only one break over 40 but came out on top in several scrappy frames to set up a last-four meeting with either Wu Yize, who beat fellow Chinese player Jiang Jun in a final-frame decider.