Results
Anthony Hamilton 5-6 Allister Carter
Joe Swail 6-4 Neil Robertson
Semi finals day at the Welsh Open saw Ali Carter and Joe Swail reach the final.
Congratulations to Joe Swail, who has reached his first ever ranking event final. He had previously only been as far as the semis, which he had done a few times at the crucible some years ago.
Swail managed to command a 4-0 lead at the interval, as Robertson looked out of sorts.
After the interval, Robertson came back strongly to make it 5-4 to Swail. Robertson knocked in breaks of 82, 94 and 93.
The final frame saw Robertson break down on a break of 39 and Swail got back into the frame. A tense finish saw Neil battle for a snooker, but to no avail. Swail put in some superb pots and clinched the win.
In the other semi, Ali Carter left it to the wire and beat Anthony Hamilton by 6-5.
Carter has had a very consistent season and has now reached four semi finals, but has only now reached his first final.
In the early stages, Hamilton took a 3-1 lead into the interval with breaks of 77 and 80.
As is often the case in snooker, the interval helped the player trailing and Carter pulled ahead 3-4.
Hamilton then knocked in a great break of 116 and was on for a maximum 147 to level at 4-4.
The following two frames were shared and the match went to a decider.
In these situations, all a player can hope for is one chance. Carter got his and made a 58 break. Hamilton had a chance, but was let down on position when he tried to split the reds.
Carter will now play Joe Swail in tomorrow’s final.
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