Judd Trump made his 1,000th century break on the British Open in Cheltenham however misplaced 5-3 to Mark Allen of their quarter-final.
World primary Trump turned simply the third participant after Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins to attain the profession landmark when scoring 102 to stage the match at 1-1.
However Allen cast right into a 4-1 lead with breaks of 70, 77 and 104 and, though Trump made scores of 92 and 58 to drag it again to 5-3, the Northern Irishman produced a 72 within the eighth body to seal a formidable win.
Allen, who made a 147 most break throughout his third-round win towards Ben Mertens having criticised the tables on the Centaur Area earlier within the week, will face Mark Selby in Saturday’s semi-finals.
Higgins will face world quantity 99 Oliver Strains within the different last-four conflict.
4-time world champion Selby stayed on track for his first rating title because the 2023 WST Traditional by clinching a final-frame decider for the fourth match operating as he edged out Gilbert 5-4.
Selby defeated Pang Junxu, Yuan Sijun and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-3 on his solution to the final eight and let slip a 4-1 lead towards Gilbert earlier than edging via with a match-winning rating of fifty within the decider.
Higgins cruised to a 5-1 win over Elliot Slessor, making breaks of 132 and 102 alongside the best way, whereas Strains made scores of 109 and 75 within the final two frames to clinch a 5-4 victory over Jones.
