Steve Davis
Six-time world champion on BBC Two

The pockets need a little bit of respect especially off the rails. Sometimes players have turned down the chance to take a pot on the top cushion.

The top quality players because they have the positional play, can still make the breaks.

Clinical from Judd Trump, who restores his lead with a break of 82. This semi-final is living up to expectations so far.

A decent reply from Neil Robertson, who pretty much freezes the world number one out in the second frame.

Neil Robertson gets in first but can't convert his opportunity after running out of position.

Judd Trump responds with a 65 that keeps the Australian in his seat.

Judd Trump reeled off six consecutive frames as he came from 2-0 down to defeat Ding Junhui on Friday.

And he credited his victory on making crucial pots at crucial times, while acknowledging he is yet to reach his very best form yet.

Meanwhile, Neil Robertson, played superbly to get 5-1 up on Pang Junxu but was then forced to hold off a spiritied fightback from the Chinese player before sealing a 6-4 win.

Steve Sutcliffe
BBC Sport at York Barbican

In a quite clear reference to England's Ashes hopes looking to be in tatters, Australia's Neil Robertson mimicked playing a cover drive as he walked to his seat in the auditorium, which drew a few mock boos from fans.

Jamie Broughton
BBC Radio 5 live

The line-up for the semi-fnals today is absolutely stacked with snooker talent.

Not only are the players all previous winners of this tournament they've also won all of the other Triple Crown events as well.

The action is about to begin, with the defending champion Judd Trump taking on the the three-time UK winner Neil Robertson.

Both men have played well, but have admitted they still have not hit top form yet.

And tonight, Mark Selby takes on Shaun Murphy. Selby has really impressed so far, and is in confident mood given his recent success at the Champion of Champions event.

However, you can not write off Murphy, he's a serious contender once again for the big the titles after winning the Masters earlier this year.

Steve Sutcliffe
BBC Sport at York Barbican

Good afternoon there is capacity crowd packed inside York Barbican as the UK Championship semi-finals get under way.

Defending champion Judd Trump takes on Neil Robertson this afternoon in a repeat of the 2020 UK final which the Australian won 10-9 in an epic encounter that went on into the early hours of the morning.

And with Shaun Murphy and Mark Selby in action this evening it will be the first time since 2009 that every player in the last four is a former winner of the UK title.

The 2025 UK Championship takes place at York Barbican from 29 November to 7 December.

The championship is the first Triple Crown tournament of the season, with the other two, the Masters and the World Championship, both taking place in 2026.

You can watch every pot of the tournament live on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app, while there is also extensive coverage on network TV.

You can catch up on all the snooker action here for up to 30 days.

All matches in York are best of 11 frames except for the final, which is played over 19 frames and two sessions.

To see the full schedule & results, click here.