Judd Trump with the advantage over Mark Williams after rollercoaster afternoon at the Masters
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Updated 15/01/2023 at 16:30 GMT
World No. 3 Judd Trump has a small 5-3 lead over Mark Williams following the first session at the Masters. Momentum swung throughout afternoon session but Trump won the final frame to ensure he went in the evening with an advantage. The players will resume the best-of-19 final at the Alexandra Palace at 18:45 UK time on discovery+ and Eurosport.co.uk.
Trump refuses red twice then pots it after being warned about three miss rule
Judd Trump leads Mark Williams 5-3 at the halfway point of the Masters final after a rollercoaster afternoon session at the Alexandra Palace.
Trump won four frames in a row to take a 4-1 lead, before Williams took the next two frames. However, Trump won the final frame to ensure he took a slim advantage going into Sunday night.
The players will resume the best-of-19 final at the Alexandra Palace at 18:45 UK time on Eurosport and discovery+.
Having played well all week, Williams was slim favourite amongst the pundits for the match and he started brilliantly with a 138 clearance, but Trump hit back to level things up.
Both players missed chances in the third frame, although Trump took advantage of a missed red from his opponent to go 2-1 ahead.
It was a similar story early in the fourth frame, before Trump went on to record the 888th century of his career.
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Two fouls, brilliant red, missed yellow – Drama for Williams
The errors continued for Williams after the mid-session interval as he missed a black off its spot. Trump refused to play a risky long shot on a red, choosing to play off the cushion and into the pack but hit the pink.
He was warned by referee Marcel Eckardt about the three miss rule, so decided to go for the risky pot and got it, which led him to make a break of 73.
Needing to get some momentum going, Williams made a timely century to stop the run of Trump which made it 4-2 to the latter.
A brilliant plant from Williams saw him make a break of 60 and fluked a red to seal the frame.
The three-time world champion went for an ambitious double in the final frame of the afternoon session, which was a long way off, and was punished by Trump who made a break of 89.
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