{"id":948111,"date":"2026-05-09T10:39:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/948111\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T10:39:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:39:16","slug":"semi-finals-saturday-set-in-sheffield-wss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/948111\/","title":{"rendered":"Semi-Finals Saturday Set in Sheffield &#8211; WSS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan, Rob Milkins, Joe Perry and Craig Steadman will contest the semi-finals of the Jennings<\/strong><strong>Bet World Seniors Snooker Championship on Saturday at the Crucible Theatre.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Sullivan was given an early scare by a valiant Peter Lines in the quarter-finals, as the 56-year-old former professional scored breaks of 69 and 93 to take a 2-1 lead.<\/p>\n<p><img data-lazyloaded=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NZ9_9962-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"996\" height=\"664\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p>The seven-time world champion quickly switched into gear, however, as he levelled with a rapid break of 109 that saw a 10-second average shot time before completing the victory with contributions of 65 and 70.<\/p>\n<p>Up next for \u2018The Rocket\u2019 will be a meeting with Milkins on Saturday afternoon after the former Welsh Open champion came from behind to defeat Brazil\u2019s Igor Figueiredo 4-1.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NZ9_9923-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"996\" height=\"664\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p>The biggest upset of the quarter-finals saw six-time ranking event winner Ali Carter beaten in a black ball shootout by 43-year-old Steadman.<\/p>\n<p>Carter had fired in a break of 131, the highest of the event so far, to force the decider but it was Steadman that pocketed the black ball to dramatically get over the line via a second successive shoot out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NZ9_9913-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"995\" height=\"663\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Perry continued his impressive start to life on the World Seniors Snooker Tour as the reigning British Seniors Open champion took the last three frames against Matthew Stevens to earn a 4-1 success and set up a semi-final contest against Steadman on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p><img data-lazyloaded=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NZ9_0007-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"993\" height=\"662\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The semi-finals will take place on Saturday at 12pm and 7pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seniorssnooker.com\/jenningsbet-world-seniors-snooker-championship-2026-how-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to watch<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan, Rob Milkins, Joe Perry and Craig Steadman will contest the semi-finals of the JenningsBet World 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