Wilson breaks off for frame number two with a bit of confidence after getting on the board early. He’ll be hoping to end to that tally as soon as possible and put his stamp on this semi-final as quickly as he can – just as he did against John Higgins.

Wilson has another potential trip up with a long pot to the top right but he rolls it into the middle of the pocket with seeming ease. His positional play off the black that follows is terrific and he nestles in the next red to middle left.

When the final red goes in too Wilson looks to have locked up this frame. Just the colours to go for a potential century break…

… nope. The break ends at 73 but that’s enough to give the opening frame to him. He takes it 81-23.

Wilson goes about tidying up some of the available reds with half a mind on who to open up some of the three that are by the left hand cushion.

A cannon moves one of them into the middle of the table and he can play off the pink to keep the break going. A break of 46 gives him a lead of 31 and now he has to decide how the tackle the difficult remaining reds.

The first one is blitz into the top right pocket from the middle of the table which earns him a round of applause, rightly so. Great shot.

It’s a slow and steady build from Gilbert who switches around off both the pink and black as he notches up a score of 23. A thin cut on a red close to the bottom cushion doesn’t drop and the advantage swings back to Wilson.

When he comes back to the table, Wilson takes on a long pot and misses it by quite a margin. He gets lucky as the cueball finishes behind the green cutting off a shot on the loose red he just hit widely out of position.

Gilbert goes safe and Wilson spies a chance to increase his lead. He attempts to knock a red into the middle left pocket by hitting it in off the yellow.

It doesn’t work and Gilbert has the chance to build a big score now.

Wilson gets on the board first! He takes advantage of that miss from Gilbert and slots a red into the same pocket before following up with the pink.

The table isn’t hugely helpful and Wilson needs to slice a fairly straight shot into the bottom right to keep the break going.

He dislodges the black as well in the hopes of setting it up for follow up but the ball rolls too far and Wilson has to play sage after a break of eight.

Gilbert breaks off for the first frame and leaves nothing on for Wilson to have a go at. His opponent plays safe, bouncing off the back and right hand cushions to leave the cuevall up behind the green.

There’s a line available for a long pot to the bottom left pocket. Gilbert takes it on but kisses the pocket lip and the red doesn’t drop.

Six weeks ago David Gilbert didn’t even know if he’d be playing in the World Championship this year. Now he’s in the semi-final and steps into the arena to an upbeat and energetic round of applause.

Kyren Wilson has his two sons watching this afternoon. He’s welcomed to the table positively as well. This should be a cracking match.

David Gilbert is waiting just outside the main room and looks fairly relaxed after his decent performances so far. Kyren Wilson meanwhile is waiting in the tournament office.

Okay then. Coverage is just starting on BBC Two for this afternoon session. The players will be heading out shortly for the opening of four possible sessions in this semi-final.

It is a best of 33 match meaning to get through to the final David Gilbert or Kyren Wilson need to win 17 frames.