Gilchrist knocks out Rupesh to step in Long Up final

Today morning he played against two-time world champion, Rupesh Shah, who put him into deep trouble by taking a big lead of more than 300 points having top breaks of 95, 137, 130, 43, and 67.

That was certainly an alarming situation for Gilchrist and he took it as a challenge to counter the same with his first break of 171 points but instantly Rupesh posted another break of 138 to keep his lead intact.

After that the entire match flipped for Gilchrist from downside to up as he tightened the string and posted breaks of 95, 74 and 84 to make a strong comeback.

Once he reached close to level, Gilchrist emerged stronger and moved ahead confidently with two back to back century breaks of 129 and 194 followed by 86 to confirm his entry into another final.