World No. 1 Hamfris’ second consecutive defeat in the quarter-finals lost 6-4 to Van Gervin.
Hamfris took the lead 4-1 but Van Gervin resisted with a high eye and showed his best signs of his best in 104 to move five consecutive legs to win.
Cross walked 6-5 to Gerween Price, who played in his tournament.
The pairs changed their holidays, but Cross finished 170 in the final leg decisive, before losing 6-2 in the semi-finals.
Stephen Banting, who plays for the first time in 10 years, is still without a win after losing 6-2 to Chris Doube.
Bantig posted in X to say “all his stomach is completely stuck” and that he makes it “a nervousness because I care about the best.
It was the first time since reaching the final in the first week.
Week 8 in Newcastle will be seen on March 27, the league reaches halfway and equal players will be resolved by the current table, while Litler will face Banning eighth, finishing second and third in third and fifth place in fifth place.