Local favourite Ding through to China Open final

Ding Junhui knocked out Mark Allen to advance to the final of the Sanyuan Foods China Open in Beijing.

Allen never found any rhythm as he went down 6-2 to the home favourite.

Ding took an early 2-0 lead with breaks of 60 and 67 enough to claim the opening frame before a slightly more difficult second.

He made a mistake late on to give Allen a shot on the colours, but the Antrim player could not capitalise, missing the black to let Ding claim the frame.

Ding's break of 137 made the third a no-contest before Allen finally got on the board, winning the fourth frame thanks largely to a break of 67.

However, Ding scrapped to victory in the next frame to go 5-1 up and should have sealed the match with Allen committing several sloppy fouls before Ding missed a critical red to let him back in.

However, a break of 125 sealed the match as Ding moved into the final.