STEPHEN Hendry made breaks of 56 and 81 as he recovered from 3-2 down to beat Michael Holt 4-3, and will now face fellow Scot Stephen Maguire, who beat former Welsh Open runner-up Andrew Higginson 4-0.

Elsewhere, Joe Perry qualified for the last four with a 4-1 win over Ricky Walden, ending the 2008 Shanghai Masters champion’s hopes of securing a top 16 place before the next cut-off point.

Perry will now face Power Snooker Masters champion Martin Gould, who beat Mark Allen 4-3. The match included a 147 attempt by Allen, which ended when the Northern Irelander missed an easy black on 105.

Saturday January 7

9am
David Grace 3-4 Martin Gould

11am
Stephen Maguire 4-1 David Gray

1pm
Ricky Walden 1-4 Joe Perry

3pm
Mark Allen 3-4 Martin Gould

6pm
Andrew Higginson 0-4 Stephen Maguire

8pm
Stephen Hendry 4-3 Michael Holt

Sunday January 8

1pm
Martin Gould v Joe Perry

4pm
Stepehn Hendry v Stephen Maguire

8pm
Final

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