Judd Trump has reached the UK Championship semi-finals and is eyeing up a second title (Image: GETTY)
is set to take on at York Barbican in the semi-finals today, with the first session getting underway at 1pm.
The Bristol potter thumped Anda Zhang 6-2 in the quarters on Friday and is looking to get his hands on the trophy for only the second time in his career.
Wilson, who in May, overcame Michael Holt 6-3 in his last-eight encounter to equal his best performance at the tournament.
Barry Hawkins and Mark Allen will face each other in the second semi-final, which begins at 7pm.
Hawkins stunned Shaun Murphy 6-2 on Friday, with Allen getting the better of Jack Lisowski 6-3 in his quarter-final match.
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Trump the pre-match favourite
Judd Trump and Kyren Wilson have met 32 times at the baize, with the former leading the way in the head-to-head after winning 18 of those encounters.
Incredibly, Wilson has won four of the five finals they have played, which suggests the reigning world champion could be suited to the conditions in the bigger matches.
But Trump has been made the slight favourite ahead of this one.
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Good afternoon and welcome to our UK Championship live blog as we prepare for the semi-finals.
We’ve got two huge matches in store, with Judd Trump about to get started against Kyren Wilson ahead of Barry Hawkins’ showdown with Mark Allen from 7pm tonight.