Judd Trump suffered a shock 13-9 loss to Jak Jones within the quarter-finals of the World Championship on the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
Having resumed at 8-8 in a single day, world quantity two Trump as soon as once more struggled to seek out his rhythm in a tactical affair that labored in his opponent’s favour.
Breaks of 87 and 61 helped Jones pull clear at 11-9 and the Welshman sealed a well-known victory with an excellent run of 106.
Jones will now play seven-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan or 2015 winner Stuart Bingham within the semi-finals with their match finely balanced at 8-8.
And the 30-year-old, nicknamed ‘The Silent Murderer’, is more likely to relish the prospect, together with his recreation seemingly completely suited to the longer format and a best-of-33 encounter.
Jones, who’s enjoying within the match for simply the second time is aiming to change into solely the third qualifier to win the world title after Terry Griffiths in 1979 and Shaun Murphy in 2005.
“I really feel good and happy to get by means of. I assumed Judd struggled. He began with a century and it type of motivated me,” Jones advised BBC Sport.
“I performed an excellent three frames then and though it went 4-4, I felt like he was a unique participant and went into his shell a bit and I took benefit of it.”
On the opposite aspect of the draw David Gilbert additionally superior into the final 4 with a 13-8 win over Stephen Maguire.
Gilbert, who loved a 9-2 benefit at one stage, led 10-6 as his match with world quantity 28 Maguire resumed and held his nerve to progress.
In the meantime, Kyren Wilson leads four-time champion John Higgins 9-7 heading into the concluding session of their last-eight assembly on Wednesday night (19:00 BST).