UK Number Two, Steve Knight, resplendent in futuristic shades, became the first player into the semi-final shake-up as he put paid to Tony Drago's World Masters dreams here at Lakeside Shopping Centre, Essex.

The Knight Rider, who was a quarter-finalist at the 1999 World Championship, played a great game and he soon found himself 4 - 1 up as he took full advantage of some Drago errors.

The Maltese Tornado staged a mini revival of sorts as he found his break and at 5 - 4 down Knight knew he was in a match. However, Tony failed to make a ball off the break in the 10th and Knight took that rack and the next to ensure himself a minimum of £2.500.

Commented Steve after the match, " I played and felt a lot better than the first match. Winning a bit fortunately against Takahashi put me in a good frame of mind. Tony played quite well but made a couple of positional errors and missed the pots and that gave me chances.

" I'm sure I can win the Masters; I'm halfway there already. Everyone in the semis, though, will be dangerous, they wouldn't be there if they weren't. "

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