European No. 1 Ralf Souquet is on course for his third Masters final as he overcame a poor start to beat UK 9-ball star Steve Knight here at the Lakeside Shopping Centre, Essex.

Souquet, who won this event in 1994 and 1996, made a succession of errors early on to give the Knight Rider plenty of opportunities which he took full advantage of to move into a 2 - 1 lead.

Souquet squared it, but Knight came on strong to move into a 4 - 2 lead much to the delight of a partisan crowd.

However, that was the last success Steve had as the 31 year-old former WPA World Champion from Manching, Germany won the next five racks to set himself up for a clash with Alex Lely for the trophy and £10,000 first prize.

Knight won £2.500 as a losing semi-finalist.

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