Pinches Steals Final Spot
Barry Pinches continued his impressive run of form in the new Player's Tour Championship by beating Mark Williams to claim a place in his second final in three tournaments.
Norwich's finest produced a series of frame winning breaks to beat the two-time world champion by four-frames-to-one.
This followed a quarter-final cracker against China's Liu Song, who had taken a 2-1 lead with a break of 125. 40-year-old Pinches took the next two to lead before clinching a win with a 134 of his own.
Pinches, who is coached by Stephen Feeney, provided Sight Right with its third consecutive PTC finalist after Tom Ford clinched Event 3.
In the opposite half of the draw, Ronnie O'Sullivan, making only his second appearance in the PTC series eased through against Judd Trump and Marco Fu without dropping a frame to set up a semi-final against former Grand Prix champion, Dominic Dale.
O'Sullivan won the firt with a 136 clearance, before Dale hit back to lead 2-1. Another century (116) from Ronnie levelled 2-2. A 90-plus break from each player took the match into a nail-biting deciding frame which O'Sullivan won with a decisive 55 to book a place against Pinches in the final.
