Quarterfinal: Florian Nüßle eliminates Robert Milkins!
21 year old Austrian Florian Nüßle defeated world number 13 Robert Milkins 3:1! Florian took the first frame despite a 57 break from Robert and established a 2:0 lead in frame 2 with a 59 of his own. Robert then made it 2-1, but things got close again in frame 4. Robert was in the break until he missed the final blue with the rest. Florian had some luck with blue, but then managed to win a safety battle on pink and the match.
Tom Ford and Craig Steadman exchanged blows in their quarterfinal. Tom opened with a 64 to secure frame number 1. Craig responded with a 70 to tie the match at 1-1. A tighter 3rd frame was again secured by Tom before Craig played a 139 clearence. The match went into a decider where Tom closed the bag with an 84 clearence to secure a 3-2 win.
The match between Alexander Ursenbacher and David Grace also went into a decider. Alexander won a tight first frame and David answered with breaks of 55 and 64 points in the following two frames. Alexander fought his way into the 4th frame to force a decider. Alexander won the decider quite clearly and secured a place in the semi-finals with a score of 3:2.
At last, Lukas Kleckers completed a comeback against Nigel Bond. Nigel was leading 2:0 after playing a 63 in the 2nd frame. But Lukas answered with a 51 and also won the 4th frame solidly. In the decider Lukas made a decisive 76 break and turned the match to 3:2 in his favour.
In the semi-finals Florian Nüßle and Tom Ford, plus Lukas Kleckers and Alexander Ursenbacher will meet. Come by and don't miss any of the action from the rest of the final day!