Alan Warriner-Little
Former World Grand Prix champion on ITV4

The way James Wade is playing, you just can't see him missing.

Josh has to remember that there is still a long way to go, but when you're 6-1 down it's not a great position to be in.

He's got to try to win a leg, go from there and see what happens. It's his scoring that's letting him down.

Josh Rock leaves himself 72 but misses a chance to wrestle some initiative by failing to hit tops.

James Wade is as cool as a cucumber by comparison. An 84 checkout sees him land double six to go 6-1 up.

Beaten semi-finalists will take home £30,000, the runner-up will collect £50,000 and this year's UK Open winner will earn a £110,000 first prize.

Josh Rock fails to bag a 141 checkout and is punished by James Wade, who nails double 10 to give himself a four-leg lead.

Wade is averaging 90.09 while Rock is on 89.

Sure that may of you have holidayed in Minehead during the summer months down the years, but perhaps not so familiar with it in February and March. Although the sun has been cracking the flags the past few days.

Josh Rock will throw first after the interval.

There's a packed crowd in on finals night at the UK Open.

Butlin's in Minehead is also the regular home of the Players Championship finals, which are staged towards the end of each year, just before the PDC World Championship.

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James Wade nails an early 180 and Josh Rock responds with a 180 of his own.

Rock is left 127 but comes up short. Wade has not such trouble with a 96 check out via treble 20 and double 18 to give himself a three-leg cushion at the break.

It's looking ominous.

James Wade has not looked flustered but there are already signs Josh Rock is feeling the tension a little bit.

A miserable 57 and Rock gesticulates at the board after picking out his darts.

Wade nails treble eight and tops to complete a 64 check-out. The three-time UK Open champion is purring now.

James Wade has plenty of rhythm now. An early 180 in the third leg is backed up by 140 to leave himself 38 with Josh Rock well behind.

Wade misses the chance but is able to hit one and double two to get his nose in front.

Josh Rock chunters to himself after a couple of poor throws.

James Wade hits a 180 to leave himself double 15 and duly square things up at next visit.

Alan Warriner-Little
Former World Grand Prix champion on ITV4

Hitting that double with the first dart will certainly settle him down.

A bit of a scrappy start by both players as they struggle to find the trebles. There's an ironic cheer from the crowd when both players finally make in excess of 100.

Wade is left with 66 to hold throw, but misses tops. Rock has 56 and nails 16 and tops to bag the first leg.

Right, the players have warmed up.

Game on!

Josh Rock came on to stage to 'Welcome To The Party' by DJ Krissy whose work, I must be honest, I'm less familiar with...

James Wade looked in brilliant form when he beat world number one Luke Humphries earlier and put it down to winning the big moments, rather than focusing too heavily on the averages.

He has just walked on to the oche to Elton John's hit 'I'm Still Standing', sending the crowd at Butlin's bananas.

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World champion Luke Littler, speaking to ITV4 after reaching the UK Open final:

"At the second break I heard about Manchester United's loss [in the FA Cup] so it spurred me on a bit for the next five legs.

"I know my doubles aren't the best part of me but there's always room for improvement. My power scoring is there so it gives me the opportunities to have the 20 missed darts at doubles throughout the match. I'd like to hit them first or second try, but I know I'm capable of getting loads of chances at doubles.

"I've said plenty of times that my goal is just to win one of every major. I'm another step closer to adding another major to the tally."

A pretty emphatic win for Luke Littler. We'll be hearing his thoughts shortly.

The second of this evening's semi-final sees Josh Rock play James Wade.

Rock is playing in the semi-finals of the UK Open for the first time while Wade is a three-time winner of the tournament.

Right, Emma is off to rest her fingers. Tim Abraham will guide you through the second semi...

Funnily enough, Jonny Clayton had the highest check-out in that semi - 126, two more than Littler's best.

The Welshman has played some great darts in Minehead and pushed Littler for a while tonight before being blown away.

Another fine showing at this event by Clayton and he'll be back before long.

Luke Littler threw 10 180s and had 41 ton-plus visits in that semi.

Once he sorted his yips at the doubles, he looked unstoppable.

What will Josh Rock or James Wade be able to do about that?