China's Zhou Yuelong lost out to England's Kyren Wilson in the last eight of the snooker World Open in Yushan, east China's Jiangxi Province on Friday.

Zhou's ouster followed another Chinese Ding Junhui's elimination in the previous round, which means no Chinese player will feature in the semis at this year's event.

Zhou started well with a break of 65 to take the first frame. But Wilson got his rhythm back to dominate the contest as the Englishman won three frames in a row, which was highlighted by a century of 119 in the second to lead 3-1.

Although world number 38 Zhou prevented defeat in frame seven with a run of 51, the world number nine British went on to claim victory 5-3 and kept his hope alive to win his fourth career ranking title.

"I made a lot of mistakes and also missed many chances today," said Zhou, "I was the only Chinese player to play the quarter-finals, so I was very stressed and lost my way to play."

The man from Kettering who will face Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-nooh in the semi-finals, the 34-year-old Un-Nooh came from 4-2 down to overcome English David Gilbert 5-4, reaching the sixth ranking event semi-final of his career.

In the other last four of the contest, world number one Judd Trump will face John Higgins in a repeat of this year's World Championship final. The 30-year-old Brit played Michael Holt for a spot in the final four, who started well to win four frames in a row, including breaks of 93 and 90. Holt pulled one frame back with a break of 74 before Trump closed out the contest 5-1 thanks to a break of 50 in the sixth frame.

"I love playing John Higgins because I can always learn from him," said Trump, "He plays the game in the correct way, always playing the right shots. Hopefully he looks at me and sees me as a challenge." said Trump about his expectation for the semis, according to the World Snooker official website.

The semi-finals are on Saturday followed by the finals on Sunday, at which a top prize of 150,000 pounds is up for grabs.