World champion John Higgins and defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan will meet in the PartyBets Premier League final.
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World champion John Higgins and defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan will meet in the Premier League final.
John Higgins overcame competition's form player Ding Junhui to book his place in Sunday's showpiece, while O'Sullivan toppled Stephen Hendry.
Ding had arrived in Aberdeen having lost just once in his six league matches, rattling off an astonishing 12 century breaks along the way.
His only defeat had come on November 15 at the Glades Arena in Kidderminster, when he slipped to a 4-2 reverse to Higgins.
And the Scot repeated the feat in the last four of the competition, this time surviving Ding's strong finish to record a 5-3 victory.
Higgins had lead 2-0 and 3-2 only for the Chinese potter to peg him back on both occasions, however the 32-year-old world No.1 kept his cool to edge home.
Not even Ding's 13th century break of the tournament could stop Higgins, who rattled off breaks 41, 60, 116, 77 and 72 to go through.
Despite never really hitting top form - his third frame break of 100 was the highlight - Ding continued to battle away throughout.
Delighted
And Higgins was pleased to have booked his place in the final.
He told
Sky Sports 2: "I am obviously delighted to have won.
"I had a few chances to make it 4-2 but Ding came back to level at 3-3 so I was a bit disappointed.
"However I hung in there and played pretty decent in those last two frames."
O'Sullivan was never at his best against Hendry, however he ruthlessly pounced on any mistake made by the Scot to secure a 5-1 victory.
Breaks of 75 and 76 gave him a 2-0 lead before the home hope threatened to hit back.
Hendry came through a battling third frame to cut the deficit and was well placed with a break of 35 in the fourth when he sunk a red after potting the blue. O'Sullivan showed no mercy as he rattled off a break of 82 to move 3-1 up.
The Rocket moved to within a frame of a place in the final with a break of 92.
Hendry gamely hung in the competition in the sixth frame, despite an opening break of 49 from O'Sullivan. Hendry clawed his way back to need just the pink and black, only for him to miss a textbook shot.
Both players struggled to close out the frame, but after a five-minute duel over the final pink, O'Sullivan came out on top.
