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Ronnie O'Sullivan battles into English Open final

Ronnie O'Sullivan meets Kyren Wilson in the final
Ronnie O'Sullivan meets Kyren Wilson in the final

Ronnie O'Sullivan will meet Kyren Wilson in the final of the English Open in Barnsley after battling to a 6-4 semi-final victory against Anthony McGill.

O'Sullivan, who has seen his tournament disrupted by a stage invader on Thursday and a nagging ankle injury which has led him to play in trainers, found the going far from easy against Scotland's McGill who fought back from 3-0 down.

McGill claimed the fourth frame but O'Sullivan bounced back with a break of 139, his first century of the contest, to lead 4-1. McGill took the next two frames, including a break of 113 in the seventh, to trail by one before O'Sullivan edged a tight eighth frame.

McGill won the ninth to trail by one frame but a break of 133 in the 10th saw O'Sullivan through to face his fellow Englishman.

Wilson defeated Switzerland's Alexander Ursenbacher, ranked 91 in the world, 6-3 in the earlier semi-final. Wilson came back to level at 2-2 after losing the first two frames before a 124  break got him level again at 3-3 and runs of 75, 56 and 90 took him to victory.

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