Welsh Open 2022 - Joe Perry's revival continues with win over Jack Lisowski to reach final

Joe Perry booked his place in a final for the first time since 2018 when beating Jack Lisowski 6-5 in the last four of the Welsh Open. Perry is in the later stages of his career, and had a poor campaign prior to arriving in Newport. Ad/> There were no signs of any form, with his best results being runs to the second round at the European Masters and UK Championship, but he has looked good all week and dug in to fend off a fightback from Lisowski.

Welsh Open'He could never look boring if he tried' — O'Sullivan urges Lisowski to play smart snookerYESTERDAY AT 17:22 A scrappy opener swung Perry’s way after he put Lisowski in trouble with a fiendish snooker. He continued to turn the screw, and forced the mistake which set up a clearance. Perry has arguably been the best player this week, and he produced a polished second frame to open up a cushion.

He crafted a break of 59 and controlled the table after breaking down, eventually forcing an error from Lisowski. Perry made his first mistake of the contest in the third when missing a pink to right middle, but Lisowski missed a straight blue to the same pocket and the Gentleman stepped in to open up a three-frame cushion. Lisowski failed to punish a Perry error in the third, but he did in the fourth.

Perry missed the simplest of reds, close range, virtually straight and nothing to do with the cue ball. He could only have been thinking too far ahead, and he went back to his chair shaking his head in disbelief. The disbelief likely turned to disappointment, as Lisowski stepped in to get on the board at the mid-session interval.