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Rob Cross defeated Josh Payne to book his place in his first major ranking semi-final since winning the 2018 world championship.
Payne rallied from 2-0 down to level at 4-4, with a 12-darter in the eighth leg at the end of his mini resurgence.
Voltage then won four on the spin, including consecutive 13-dart legs.
Cross then struggled to get the job done, losing three of the next four legs before taking out 58 after a missed dart at double 16 by Payne.
Michael Smith 10-1 Steve Beaton
Michael Smith continued to defy the pain of his leg injury as he raced past Steve Beaton in his best performance ever at the UK Open.
The World Championship runner-up only needed 20 minutes to beat Jermaine Wattimena on Saturday night, and he dispatched of the Bronzed Adonis in a similar fashion.
His match high checkout of 110 put him into a 6-0 lead while he completed a resounding triumph with an 84 finish on the bullseye.
The 54-year-old had his best run at the UK Open in 15 years, with the highlight surely stunning two-time world champion Gary Anderson on day one.
Simon Stevenson 5-10 Gerwyn Price
Grand Slam of Darts champion Gerwyn Price is in the last four for the second time in three years with victory over surprise quarter-finalist Simon Stevenson.
The 2017 runner-up will be strongly fancied to win his second big TV major since November after posting a third successive average over 100.
Victories over Joe Cullen, Jamie Hughes and Krzysztof Ratajski prior to this clash show he is in the form of his life and will be tough to beat.
Thanks to these consistent string of high quality performances and big 100+ checkouts, he's becoming more of a fan favourite than public enemy number one.
The Mirror Man stayed in the game at 4-4 but he blew a great chance to break in the next leg and Price punished him by winning six of the next seven legs to complete a resounding triumph.
Nathan Aspinall 10-6 Ross Smith
Nathan Aspinall qualified for a second successive major semi-final after beating Ross Smith.
The Asp, who reached the last four of the World Championship before losing to Michael Smith, was too strong for Smudger and thrilled the crowd with a 170 checkout to go one leg away from victory, with his opponent waiting on 40.
The Stockport thrower had seen an 8-3 lead cut to 8-5 before a 12-darter ending with the big fish and two legs later he'd reached his maiden UK Open semi-final.
RESULTS
Rob Cross (ENG) 10-7
Michael Smith (ENG) 10-1
Nathan Aspinall (ENG) 10-6
Day Two Results and Report
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