Ding delights home crowd

KEN DOHERTY reached the semi-final of the China Open yesterday with his best performance of the season as his swept away Paul Hunter 5-1.

Hunter potted only one ball in the last four frames and did not score a point in the last three as Doherty racked up 331 points without reply to complete a devastating victory.

It puts the genial Dubliner through to his first semi-final since he lost to Hunter in the Players Championship in Glasgow 12 months ago.