Ahmed Aly Elsayed has booked his place in a record eighth United States National Snooker Championship final, where the defending champion will take on first time finalist Cheang Ciing Yoo at Q Ball Snooker & Pool in Houston, Texas.

Yoo has been a revelation in this year's Championship, as the player from Washington state's previous best Championship performance had been four quarterfinal appearances. He also has the upper hand over Aly in this Championship, as he defeated the number one seed 2-0 in their Group A encounter.

Yoo went into his semifinal against Raymond Fung as the underdog, and when the 2017 Champion won the first frame assisted with a run of 32 he would have been all too aware of the tough task ahead of him.

Yoo has played in a confident manner throughout this Championship however, and he deserved to be having pulled off that Group victory over Aly and also a quarterfinal win over the two-time champion Ajeya Prabhakar.

From frame two, Yoo stepped up to the mark and produced a break of 35 to level the match and he also won a closely contested third frame to secure a 2-1 advantage.

Yoo's play got stronger and with respective breaks of 38 and 30 in frames four and five, he comfortably sealed the two frames he required to wrap up a superb 4-1 victory.

Aly started his semifinal match against Nitin Mehta in tremendous fashion, as the New Yorker took an early 2-0 lead assisted by respective breaks of 63 and 53.

The Californian countered with a run of 30 to win the following frame, but Aly won a fourth frame black-ball game and he sealed Mehta's fate by also taking the fifth frame to record a 4-1 success.

The semifinals draw as follows:

Semifinals (Best-of-7 frames)
Match ID	Player		Player
SF1	Ahmed Aly Elsayed (New York) 1	4 - 1	Nitin Mehta (California)
SF2	Raymond Fung (New York) 2	1 - 4	Cheang Ciing Yoo (Washington)

The final will commence today at 3pm local time (1pm Pacific Time), played over the best-of-nine frames, with a player requiring to win five frames to be crowned the 2019 United States National Snooker Champion.

The final draw as follows:

Final (Best-of-9 frames)
Match ID	Player		Player
F	Ahmed Aly Elsayed (New York) 1	vs.	Cheang Ciing Yoo (Washington)

The champion and runner-up will gain automatic selection to represent the United States in the following year's international snooker competition.