Hendry Eases Through To Semi-Finals

Scotland's Stephen Hendry wasted little time in wrapping up a place in the World Championship semi-finals as he completed a 13-7 win over Ryan Day.

Resuming the quarter-final 11-5 ahead, the seven-time Crucible champion claimed a break of 48 to move to within one frame of victory.

Day battled and a 71 pulled him back to 12-7 but he conceded the match when he potted the white when well behind.

It is the first time Hendry, 39, has reached the semis since 2004.

"I am very happy," he told BBC Sport. "I was not coming in here with any great form under my belt with just one semi-final this season, but I knew if I could get past the first round anything could happen.

"It will have to improve if I am to win it. I am not scoring as heavy as I would like but my all-round game is pretty solid."

Hendry will now take on Ronnie O'Sullivan in what is expected to be a mouth-watering semi-final.

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Frame Scores (Hendry first): 9-80 (66) 71-44 76-9 112-0 (112) 86-6 (68) 78-43 77-25 102-0 70-55 0-83 (68) 12-90 (60) 54-68 (Hendry 54) 59-23 61-75 56-43 113-7 (68) 84-38 47-62 8-86 (71) 77-0