Judd Trump holds off Liang Wenbo resurgence

Updated 15/01/2018 at 23:14 GMT

Judd Trump had to fight hard to hold off a resurgent Liang Wenbo and make the second round of the Dafabet Masters.

Judd Trump lines up a shot during the semi final

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3-1 up at the mid-session interval, Trump extended his lead to 5-1 and looked to be cruising.

But Liang hit back, knocking in a break of 139 in the eighth frame - the highest of the tournament so far - and followed that up with another century to force a tenth frame.

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Trump clung on to secure a quarter-final clash with either Shaun Murphy or Ali Carter.

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