Snooker news - Judd Trump hits 700th century break at Championship League

Updated 05/03/2020 at 08:38 GMT

Judd Trump became the youngest player in history to hit 700 century breaks during a strong start to the Championship League in Leicester.

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World champion Trump was unbeaten on the opening day as he completed a 3-2 win over Graeme Dott, a 3-1 win over Scott Donaldson and a 3-2 triumph over Anthony McGill to join Neil Robertson at the top of the seven-man table.

Trump compiled a 100 break against Dott and a 114 knock in overcoming Donaldson before rolling in a 127 and 122 to edge out McGill, who produced a sparkling 137 run in the fourth frame of a quality match.

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Trump moves on to a remarkable 701 centuries since turning professional in 2005. He joins Ronnie O'Sullivan (1,045), John Higgins (790), Stephen Hendry (775) and Robertson (706) as the fifth player to reach the 700-century mark. At the age of 30, he is the youngest to achieve the feat.

Robertson also won his three matches of the day. He enjoyed a 3-1 win over Stuart Bingham, a 3-2 victory over McGill before finishing his day with a 3-1 success against former World Championship semi-finalist Gary Wilson.

The world number two produced six breaks over 50 in his opening three matches including a 95 that helped him edge out Scotsman McGill.

Robertson faces Dott, Trump and Donaldson on Thursday afternoon as he bids to earn a place in the last four with Trump's other two matches seeing him confront Bingham and Wilson.

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The BetVictor Championship League semi-finals and final will take place on Thursday night with all matches over the best of five frames. The winner earns £10,000 and a place at the Champion of Champions event with the losing finalist picking up £2,000.

It is a chance for players to earn competitive match practice with only three ranking tournaments of the season remaining.

The Gibraltar Open is staged next week with the Tour Championship in Llandudno a week later involving the top eight players on the world ranking one-year list.

The season ends with the World Championship beginning on April 18 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.