Neil Robertson battled past Kyren Wilson to reach the Coral World Grand Prix final in Cheltenham.
The Australian held off a gutsy comeback from Kettering's Wilson to win 6-4 and set up a title showdown with Scotsman Graeme Dott, who also won 6-4 when seeing off Tom Ford.
Robertson raced into a 3-0 lead and, until he sank the opening red in frame four, Wilson had not potted a ball for half an hour.
But Wilson got his cueing arm going to take that frame in two visits and reduce the arrears to two at the mid-session interval.
THE THUNDER STRIKES AGAIN ⚡️🇦🇺
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Neil Robertson secures his place in a third consecutive ranking final after a 6-4 victory over Kyren Wilson with high breaks of 80, 59, 77, 69 and 68! #WorldGrandPrix pic.twitter.com/QcVgrKQc63
A careless in-off ultimately cost Wilson a cagey 36-minute fifth frame but determined breaks of 73 and 129 hauled him right back into the match at 4-3.
Robertson capitalised on a mistake to knock in 69 and win the eighth, only to let Wilson in to halve the deficit again with a break of 84.
Robertson was trailing in the 10th but a spectacular plant to open up the reds and a 68 break saw him over the line.
