GERMAN MASTERS GERMAN MASTERS LIVE - MILKINS AND CARTER EMBROILED IN FASCINATING BATTLE, LISOWSKI V FORD TO COME

GERMAN MASTERS 2023 LIVE - ROBERT MILKINS FACES ALI CARTER AND JACK LISOWSKI PLAYS TOM FORD ON SEMI-FINAL DAY

Milkins hits a red the second time and the reds are safe. He then misses a tough long red as a shot to nothing and gets the cue ball tight on the cushion. This match is 50 50.

Well, well, well. Carter is forced to bridge over a red when potting a pink. The pink goes in but Carter is not on a red. After a few safety shots, Milkins goes for an ambitious long red but misses it. Carter follows it up with a super shot on a red as a shot to nothing. He tries to get in behind the yellow off the brown, and just gets the snooker. Milkins misses by a long way and may have left a plant on here for Carter. However, The Captain asks the referee to put the cue ball back. It looked like a plant to me!

would be reds on. The gamble pays off but Carter misses a long red. Milkins is in and goes on the attack. However, he misses a brown when trying to get the cue ball down the table so it’s Carter who has the next opportunity. It's over quickly after he runs out of position on the brown.

CARTER 1-3 MILKINS

The players are back out and it’s Carter to break, here we go. The first to six remember for a place in tomorrow's final against either Tom Ford or Jack Lisowski.

WELSH OPEN SCHEDULE CONFIRMED

After tomorrow, it’s the Welsh Open that’s next on the calendar and we will have action every day live on Eurosport and discovery+.

Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump headline the first day, with the tournament taking place in Llandudno from February 13-19.

Here are the opening matches to look forward to.

MILKINS’ 147 FROM YESTERDAY

In case you haven’t seen it yet, Milkins made it to the semi-finals today with a 147 last night against Chris Wakelin. It followed his 146 from a couple days ago, which was only the 29th in snooker history.

Although he’s had it far from easy this afternoon, Milkins could be on his way to a second ranking title.

Milkins’ career looked on the ropes when he exited the Turkish Masters in disgrace last year after one drink too many.

He bounced back to win the Gibraltar Open a short while later, and his career has been on the up ever since.

Good results have been posted this season, with the Bristol man being rewarded for greater consistency.

He arrived in Berlin in a confident mood, and highlighted his good form with a 146 break in beating Daniel Wells.

A 146, consisting of 15 reds, 14 blacks and one pink and all the colours, is extremely rare - but it put him in a good place for the high break.

A couple of days later he pretty much banked the £5,000 high-break prize by opening his account against Chris Wakelin with a 147.