UK Championship snooker 2020 - Judd Trump into quarter-finals after beating Ricky Walden
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ByEurosport
Updated 03/12/2020 at 22:31 GMT
World number one Judd Trump beat Ricky Walden in the fourth round of the UK Championship. Two breaks of 50-plus helped him assert his dominance over his fellow Englishman before Walden came back. Trump will meet Kyren Wilson, a convincing winner over Graeme Dott, in the last eight in Milton Keynes.
Judd Trump at the UK Championship
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Judd Trump booked his spot in the UK Championship quarter-finals with a 6-3 win over Ricky Walden.
The Northern Ireland Open champion was in cruise control after racing into a 4-0 lead, but Walden won three of the next four frames to threaten an unlikely upset.
It ultimately came down to a tense and scrappy ninth frame, with Trump eventually sneaking over the line after both players had blown openings.
Trump will meet Kyren Wilson, a convincing 6-1 winner over Graeme Dott, in the last eight.
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Trump seals victory over Walden
World number one Trump was pushed hard in the first frame by Walden who pulled off a number of impressive pots, but he started to hit his stride in the second as he opened up a two-frame lead.
Two big breaks, 85 in the third and 65 in the fourth, made it four frames on the spin before Walden belatedly spluttered into life.
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'I'm still in neutral!' - Trump after beating Walden
Walden started eating into Trump’s lead with back-to-back frames, including a break of 70 in the fifth.
However, Trump hit back when it looked like his advantage was going to be cut to a single frame, taking the seventh to leave him one from victory.
And although Walden got on the board again in the eighth frame, it was Trump who prevailed in the next after a nervy finale – signing off a difficult match with an outrageous long red into the bottom left pocket.
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'What a humdinger!' - Unbelievable Trump shot astounds commentator
Jack Lisowski was the other winner in Thursday's afternoon session, seeing off Xiao Guodong 6-4.
Wilson, Lu progress in evening session
Wilson produced an exceptional display of long-potting to reach the last eight with a 6-1 win over Dott in the evening session.
Even though Dott’s safety game was good, Wilson found his rhythm from the baulk cushion to assert his authority and dominate a one-sided contest.
Breaks of 89 and 69 helped Wilson establish a four-frame lead and although Dott briefly threatened a fightback by winning the fifth, the world number four quickly seized the initiative again to get across the line.
"I was supposed to be moving house tomorrow so I’m glad I got out of that one," joked Wilson in the Eurosport studio afterwards.
In the other late match, Lu Ning won his all-Chinese encounter with Pang Junxu 6-2.
Lu made three half centuries before signing off with a 123 break – a knock that could have been 136 had he not missed the final pink.
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