Humphries and Price reach the World Grand Prix final in Leicester

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Luke Humphries and Gerwyn Price will contest the World Grand Prix final after winning their semi-finals in Leicester on Saturday night, Sporting Life reports. Humphries beat James Wade 5-3, becoming the first player to reach four World Grand Prix finals in a row. Price beat Nathan Aspinall 5-2 to reach his third consecutive major final. The final is tonight, Sunday 4 October, with 150,000 pounds going to the winner

Humphries had to work hard against Wade, a player whose experience in the double start format is hard to match. After a close start, Humphries pulled clear late on, helped by better finishing on the doubles. "That was the real me there... to make four World Grand Prix finals on the trot is super special," he said afterwards. Consistency like that in such an unusual format is remarkable

Price was in brilliant form early on. He hit 51 percent of his doubles to start legs and averaged 109.98 in the opening set, which is outstanding in this format. Aspinall fought back with moments of his own, including a 132 checkout, but Price held on. "In patches, I'm playing well. When my game is there, I'm playing some of the best stuff in the world," Price said

The World Grand Prix is the only major event that requires players to start each leg on a double, which makes it one of the most unpredictable tournaments on the calendar. We saw that earlier in the week when Luke Littler went out on the first night. Two of the most consistent players in the world reaching the final suggests that, over a full week, quality still wins through

Who do you think wins tonight, Humphries or Price? And should more tournaments use the double start format?

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