Breaking news;In the last frame, Ronnie O’Sullivan defeats Zhou to set up a rematch with Vafaei.

Hossein Vafaei, who plays Ronnie O’Sullivan in the UK Snooker Championship semi-finals on Saturday in York, has sworn that he would not repeat his kamikaze Crucible break-off.

The Iranian defeated Zhang Anda of China 6-4 to set up a repeat of the bitter match that shook the world championship in April, and O’Sullivan defeated Zhou Yuelong of China with a break of 122 in the final-frame decider.

Judd Trump defeated Mark Selby 6-3 in the evening’s quarterfinals, and he will now play Ding Junhui. The Chinese player, a three-time UK champion, defeated Mark Williams 6-5 in a nail-biting match.

Adewalei claims he has no regrets about his explosive start at the Crucible, where he hit seven figures off his opening break-off and watched O’Sullivan hammer home a convincing seventy-eight. Adewalei claimed O’Sullivan had treated him disrespectfully when O’Sullivan made a similar shot in a match at the German Masters eighteen months prior. The two had left the stage together following the underdog’s 13-2 humiliation, despite the fact that he had previously said prior to the game that he intended to “shut” O’Sullivan’s mouth and that the Englishman should retire because he was “not good for the game.”

Vafaei emphasized on Friday that “the past is the past.” “I had been putting it off for eighteen months.” Although I realize it was a little insane, I did it.

With six centuries in the past two rounds, Vafaei is the more experienced player going into their rematch with O’Sullivan, who almost lost to Zhou, the Chinese world No. 26, 4-1. O’Sullivan, who had prevailed against Robert Milkins in a similar situation the previous round, was visibly frustrated as he missed a string of golden opportunities before making a crucial error with his 122 final-frame clearance.

The 47-year-old is also convinced that he has no animosity toward Vafaei, whom he thought of as a friend before the event that irritated the Iranian at the German Masters qualifying. O’Sullivan stated, “I didn’t feel disrespected [by Vafaei’s break-off] – not at all.” “I’ve performed far worse. Hossein is a dynamic guy, and I like him. He is not amenable to nonsense.

Zhou appeared to be experiencing nervousness and appeared to be a different player from the one who had defeated Neil Robertson and John Higgins in earlier rounds. O’Sullivan appeared to be in for an easy day. However, after building a 4-1 lead, O’Sullivan abruptly lost concentration, missing a string of easy strokes that let Zhou tie the score twice before he managed to find just enough to maintain his chances of a record-breaking eighth.

Thirty years after his first triumph, O’Sullivan talked down his chances of winning the trophy. “I was just waiting for something to happen and it did, and I played all right,” he remarked. “I’m going to get beat up here if I don’t find some form from somewhere.”

In an intense battle between the very skilled Zhang, who defeated world champion Luca Brecel in the previous round and three weeks earlier won the coveted International Championship in China, Vafaei was pushed nearly to the edge. After twice overturning Zhang’s early lead with centuries, Vafaei rallied for a 4-3 lead with back-to-back breaks of 106 and 56 to seal the maiden triple crown semi-final.

In the evening, Trump defeated Selby 6-3 to go to just his second UK semi-final in nine years, continuing to fight a flu attack. Trump jumped out to a 4-0 interval lead after to breaks of 100 and 93. Selby battled back from a 5-1 deficit to 5-3, but Trump took the following frame to complete the victory.

I’m still having trouble,” Trump remarked. “I’m relieved that I made it through, but I was just feeling awful and sort of going through the motions.” In a competition like this, you want to be able to give it your all, but you simply have to persevere because you won’t feel like this is the tournament you’re playing in every time.

In the eighth frame of their quarterfinal match, Williams and Ding served up a slice of snooker history. Williams’ total score of 101-94 surpassed the previous record of 192 by three points.

In the decisive match, Ding overcame Williams with a 105 clearance, advancing him to the round of four and securing a matchup with Trump for this coming Saturday night.