Australian Open: John Higgins to play Martin Gould in Bendigo final

Gould lost in the first round of World Championship qualifying in April to amateur Adam Duffy

Martin Gould will face John Higgins in just his second ranking-event final after beating Stephen Maguire in the last four of the Australian Open.

The Englishman, 33, raced into a four-frame lead in Bendigo before closing out the match 6-1 to quash Maguire's hopes of an all-Scottish showpiece.

Gould's only previous final appearance was a 4-0 defeat against Shaun Murphy in the 2011 Players Tour Championship.

Higgins beat Jamie Jones of Wales 6-4 in the other semi-final.