John Higgins takes four-frame lead against Barry Hawkins in semi-final

Higgins led 5-3 going into the afternoon session, and repeated that feat by taking five of the eight frames on Friday.

An impressive 115 break from Hawkins narrowed the gap to 8-5, but Higgins won two of the final three frames to edge further ahead.

The duo are back in action on Saturday morning from 10am, with their semi-final set to conclude in the evening, unless Higgins can claim seven out of eight frames early on in the best of 33 match.

93-28 (63), 69-22, 67-19 (59), 75-59 (Higgins 69, Hawkins 59), 30-100 (62), 30-95 (71), 65-25, 39-74 (74), 40-65, 92-6, 73-16 (51), 0-125 (115), 61-24 (53), 18-91, 89-0 (89)

Centuries: One