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Neil Robertson, Zhao Xintong and John Higgins advance to Tour Championship semi-finals

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - APRIL 01: Neil Robertson of Australia plays a shot in the Quarterfinal match against Barry Hawkins of England on day 3 of Sportsbet.io Tour Championship 2026 at the Manchester Central on April 1, 2026 in Manchester, England. (Photo b
Neil Robertson has won the Tour Championship on two previous occasions

Neil Robertson battled past Barry Hawkins 10-8 to secure a place in the semi-finals of the Sportsbet.io Tour Championship in Manchester.

Hawkins had trailed 5-3 when the quarter-final resumed on Thursday afternoon, but took the next four frames, helped by breaks of 98 and 58.

Robertson, though, then dug in to win five of the next six frames, making two 75 breaks before finishing with a half-century to set up a meeting with world number one Judd Trump.

In the late session, world champion Zhao Xintong closed out a 10-4 win over Chris Wakelin.

Zhao resumed 5-3 ahead and pushed on towards a convincing victory, making a break of 134 in the 11th frame which was followed by two further centuries.

On the other table, John Higgins came through a close contest with Mark Selby to secure a hard-earned 10-8 victory.

Selby found himself 5-3 down after the afternoon session but reeled off five straight frames, with breaks of 127 and 131.

Higgins, though, regrouped with his own fine run of five half-centuries to book a semi-final place against Zhao.

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