UK Championship snooker 2020 LIVE - Judd Trump and Kyren Wilson through
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Updated 03/12/2020 at 22:33 GMT
UK Championship 2020 LIVE - Just a day after Judd Trump's victory at the Northern Ireland Open, the UK Championship got underway in Milton Keynes. Now in the fourth round, the snooker superstar downed Ricky Walden 6-3 on Thursday afternoon, with Kyren Wilson seeing off Graeme Dott 6-1 in the evening session.
Kyren Wilson in action at the UK Championship
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That's us for the evening
Thanks for your company, we'll be back at 12.45pm tomorrow for the quarter-finals of the UK Championship. The draw is as follows, with the featured matches in bold:
Jack Lisowski vs. Zhou Yuelong (1pm)
Mark Selby vs. Neil Robertson (1pm)
Judd Trump vs. Kyren Wilson (7pm)
Lu Ning vs. Joe Perry (7pm)
That's some menu; see you tomorrow.
Kyren Wilson is through to the quarter-finals
What a performance that was from The Warrior. His long game was fantastic tonight, and as soon as that got him in he scored heavily enough to blast Dott off the table. Wilson looks in really good form at the moment, and he'll need to be tomorrow night; he's up against Judd Trump in the quarters. These two modern day rivals have met on a regular basis in recent seasons, and there'll be some heat under that one with a place in the UK Championship semi-finals on the line. Wilson evidently has no fear of the world number one, and beat him in the quarter-finals at The Crucible. If he can get by him again tomorrow, he'll have a great look at finally landing the Triple Crown title that he's so obviously capable of winning. Do not miss that one.
Elsewhere tonight Lu Ning is through as well, he's just hit a break of 123 to beat Pang Junxu 6-1. He'll face Gentleman Joe Perry in his match tomorrow evening.
Wilson 6-1 Dott
The lot goes down as Wilson finishes with a break of 82 to secure frame and match.
Wilson 5-1 Dott (64-0)
Wilson adds 24 - there's more coming - and Dott now needs a snooker. We're done here.
Wilson 5-1 Dott (40-0)
Eventually Wilson gets in a position where he can't pot a ball and has to play safe, but you won't see many more spectacular 40 breaks than that. Dott then wallops an attempted long red but catches one above it thin, and he's scattered reds all over and left Wilson in plum position right in the middle of the table. What a spread Wilson's been left here; it's hard to see Dott getting back to the table again in this match.
Wilson 5-1 Dott (32-0)
With the white nailed to the bottom cushion, Wilson floats a stunning long red into the yellow pocket, pulling up short of baulk to land on the green. It needed to use all of the pocket to go in, but that's a great shot. He then goes all pool hall hustler and sinks to reds in one go when trying to free the black, which he does just about and then thin cuts said black into the bottom right. Position has been a real headache in this break though, and another recovery pot is needed on a long red to the green pocket. This is fantastic stuff from Wilson but it's a little bit out of control and he runs out of position again. No matter; he simply kabooms a blue into the bottom right from mid to long range!
Wilson 5-1 Dott
Wilson dishes up to the black, and he needs one more frame for a place in the quarters.
It's 5-1 on the other table too, as Lu Ning extends his lead over Pang Junxu.
Wilson 4-1 Dott (54-38)
A prolonged bout of safety on the final two reds is ended spectacularly by Wilson when he thumps a double into the bottom left to land on the pink! What a shot, and as a topper he pots the pink and nudges the final red over the right middle. Two brilliant shots there, and he's going to restore his lead to four frames.
Wilson 4-1 Dott (46-38)
A pink takes Dott to a break of 34, but in trying to move the last two reds which are both tied up next to the black, he doesn't get a nice cannon and has to play safe. From that, he plays thin off one red and goes in-off straight in the right middle. What a bizarre shot.
Wilson 4-1 Dott (42-4)
Dott pots a red to bottom right with a superb shot to nothing, followed by an equally impressive green to the left middle. He can't land on an easy red though, and takes a fly at one to the yellow pocket that doesn't trouble the jaws. That leaves Wilson a mid-range red to the bottom right, which disappears, followed by a thin cut on blue to left middle to get back into position. Just as he looks set to take the frame however, he misses a virtually straight red to the bottom right and he's left Dott in. What a steal this might be.
Wilson 4-1 Dott (36-0)
Wilson thuds a long red right into the heart of the bottom left - what a sound that is - followed by a blue into the green pocket from mid-range. He's quickly up to 22 but it's getting harder, before a brilliant red to the bottom right sends the white glancing into the pack off the bottom cushion to open a potting lane to the pink. That's a magnificent shot. It breaks down on 36 though as he tries to properly open the pack this time and sticks on them, and he won't be getting any more points here. Wilson nudges a short safety, and Dott is back at the table.
Elsewhere
Lu Ning now leads Pang Junxu 4-1.
Wilson 4-1 Dott
A black takes Dott to 56, and another red and black leave Wilson needing a snooker. Dott then misses the second to last red, which Wilson converts followed by the pink. He's now looking for the snooker he needs off the last red, but Dott clips in a wonderful shot to plug the red into the yellow pocket. The pink follows before he misses the yellow, and that's that; Dott's on the board!
Wilson 4-0 Dott (20-29)
Dott is definitely playing more aggressively since the interval, and goes into the pack early in this break off the brown. He looks in trouble on 27 but pots an excellent red to bottom left while bridging over the pink, and he's split a cluster of reds nearby into better positions.
Wilson 4-0 Dott (20-1)
Will this get Dott going? At the beginning of the fifth he goes all out for a red to the bottom right, misses it, yet flukes it into the green pocket. He can't then convert a green into the bottom left though, and he's left Wilson a straight red to the bottom right. That goes, and Wilson gets to 21 with a blue that sends the white booming into the pick. He's only left himself a difficult red to right middle though, and misses it off the lower knuckle. Now then Graeme, what have you got left?
Wilson 4-0 Dott
The red is hanging out behind the brown for Wilson, who cuts it into the green pocket to take charge of this frame again. The blue follows, and the yellow is awkward with the rest but that goes too. The remaining colours are routine and he mops them up to the black to lead 4-0 at the break. This has been ruthless so far from The Warrior. It's time for the interval, see you in 15 minutes.
Wilson 3-0 Dott (47-54)
Dott’s taken these superbly. A black puts him ahead in the frame, followed by a thin cut on the second to last red to left middle. The final red is near the left rail, and Dott executes a superb shot to bring it out after potting the blue. That was a great shot, but he rushes the red to the yellow pocket and he’s missed it.
Wilson 3-0 Dott (47-1)
A black takes Wilson to 41, off which he splits a small cluster of reds and lands on one to left middle. That goes, but after potting the blue he underhits his positional shot and leaves the white welded to the right rail. Rather than have a yahoo at a difficult red he plays safe. That’s a reprieve for Dott, who then strokes a red into the bottom left to land on the black. That’s a great pot under huge pressure, and he badly needs a meaningful visit here.
Wilson 3-0 Dott (25-0)
Wilson’s off again in the fourth, stroking in a sweet long red to the bottom left and getting a nice kiss on the green to leave it on to the yellow pocket. Soon after with the white near the left rail he drops a red deadweight into the bottom right, and there’s plenty on here. Dott is in serious trouble in this match.
Wilson 3-0 Dott
A total break of 69 is more than enough to give Wilson a 3-0 lead.
Elswhere, Lu Ning leads Pang Junxu 3-1 at the interval.
Wilson 2-0 Dott (65-1)
A black takes Wilson’s break to 55, and with only 59 left on the table Dott needs snookers. This has been such a precise performance from Wilson so far, the kind of game that wins the major championships he’s chasing.
Wilson 2-0 Dott (42-1)
Dott goes in-off when playing safe. Wilson plonks the white in the D and promptly drops a red into the bottom left to land on black to right middle. In getting to 32 off the black Wilson then splits a cluster of six reds below the pink spot into better positions, and the frame is now at his mercy.
Wilson 2-0 Dott (6-1)
Both players miss long reds at the start of the third, before Wilson tags in a stunning red off the bottom of the pack and into the bottom right. He lands awkwardly in baulk though, and is forced to play safe. Dott needs to get going here, but after sinking a red to bottom left he miscues badly when trying to pot the black and misses by a huge margin. It’s going badly for Dott, who then fouls when trying to play safe at his next visit and can only sit and watch as Wilson flukes a red into the right middle. In better news, what appeared to be damage to his cue tip from the miscue seems to have been rectified by a bit of aggressive chalking.
Wilson 2-0 Dott
The break ends on 89 when Wilson can’t convert the final red. No ton then, but he’s two up and looking good so far.
Wilson 1-0 Dott (77-22)
A black takes Wilson to a half-century. A few shots later a red to bottom left puts him on 70, and the black that follows leaves Dott requiring snookers. Wilson’s going two ahead here.
Wilson 1-0 Dott (22-22)
Wilson tags in a plant to get going in a second, and booms into black and pink when potting the blue to develop both into potting positions. That’s a lovely shot, and he’s soon level in the frame with more on the way.
Wilson 1-0 Dott (0-22)
Dott snookers Wilson behind the yellow from his break-off shot, extracting eight points in fouls and then plum position on a red when Wilson does escape but catches a red full ball when trying to clip it and land the white in baulk. The chances of a break soon look slim though as Dott pots the black and it just about re-spots on the pink spot, tying up both balls. He’ll need some creative magic to get much further here…and he’s just missed a red to the bottom right with the rest.
Wilson 1-0 Dott
There’s one; Dott forces a miss from Wilson and it’s one four-point snooker to tie. Wilson soon closes the book on the frame however, potting the final red, a pink and up to and including the blue to take the lead.
Wilson 0-0 Dott (69-26)
Dott gives away eight in trying to escape from a snooker, and his second failue leaves Wilson a red straight to the left middle. Wilson soon mops up three reds and three pinks, and with one red remaining he’s 43 ahead with 35 left on. He knocks the final red safe, and looks nailed on to take this first frame.
Wilson 0-0 Dott (40-26)
Wilson fires in a red to the bottom right to land nicely on the green. It’s going to be a hard work to make a decent break here, but he finds a lovely shot on a red to the green pocket to keep things going. It goes wrong on 16 though when he misses a double on a red to right middle, and that’s send of break.
Wilson 0-0 Dott (24-26)
Dott misses a pink high on the knuckle of the right middle, and he’s left Wilson in. It’s hard work initially, and needs three good shots with the rest to dispatch a red, pink and then another red into the bottom right. Just when it looks like he’s in position he hits the green when trying to go in and out of baulk, and that’s end of break.
Wilson 0-0 Dott (4-20)
A chance for Dott, as Wilson misses a long red to the bottom left and sticks it up over the right middle. Dott plugs it to land on the blue, and he’s away. A superb red to the right middle after losing position slightly takes him to 20; if he can get either pink or black into play shortly, he’s in business.
Wilson 0-0 Dott (4-0)
Lots o‘ safety at the start here, during which Dott gives away four after missing a thin snick on a red. Wilson soon makes a mistake of his own, missing a thin one of his own and bouncing out of the jaws of the bottom right and into the pack. He’s not left anything though.
Baizing squad
The MC Rob Walker is bringing out the players. It's worth noting tonight that the winner of Wilson - Dott tonight will face Judd Trump in the quarter-finals tomorrow. First things first though; let's get this best of 11 happening.
The Pocket Dynamo
Dott has two ranking event wins to his name, and one of them is the one they all crave. He was the world champion in 2006, and has been in two other finals at The Crucible either side of that. Right now he's number 22 in the world rankings, and knocked out Stuart Bingham in the last round, so Wilson's in for a game tonight.
The Warrior
Is it time to deliver? Wilson is now up to fourth in the world rankings, his highest ever position, and has already won the Championship League this season. In Triple Crown events though he’s been a nearly man, having lost the World Championship final to Ronnie O’Sullivan in August and The Masters final to Mark Allen in 2018. He’s won four ranking events to date, but has been zoning in on landing one of the biggies for a while now.
Earlier on
A quick recap here on our afternoon session: Judd Trump and Jack Lisowski are through to the quarterfinals tomorrow.
Judd Trump 6-3 Ricky Walden
Jack Lisowski 6-4 Xiao Guodong
Good evening!
Welcome to live coverage of day 10 of the UK Championship from the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. Tonight we’ll bring the fourth round to a finish, with Kyren Wilson versus Graeme Dott as our featured match. We’ll also keep you abreast of what’s going on between Lu Ning and Pang Junxu on the other table.
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We'll be back later this evening
Join us at 6.45pm GMT.
That's the afternoon session then
On table two, Lisowski is in the process of sealing victory over Guodong - he's now in a great position to make the Masters, but will be focused on trying to win his first ranking title - this is his first triple crown quarter, too. He meets Selby or Robertson next.
Trump beats Walden 6-3!
Ricky put it on him after the break and well done him, but really the match was done by then. You can't give lose the first four frames - to anyone - in a best of 11, and expect anything other than defeat, never mind to the best player in the world. Ricky goes home with some memories, points and pounds - it's great to see him back, even more so back and playing so well - but it's Judd who progresses. He meets Kyren Wilson or Graeme Dott in the last eight.
Trump 5-3 Walden (47-38)
Playing safe off the red, Ricky inadvertently brings the green into play. It's still protected by the green, but is accessible enough such that whoever pots next will expect to wrap things up. Both players look a little tentative now and it's Ricky who flinches first, leaving it over the centre; Judd sees it away and will now plot a route around the colours; he looks to have a fairly simple course to the tricky green, but getting to the brown will be the key shot.
Trump 5-3 Walden (40-38)
The clock comes on to show us we've been going 25 minutes in this frame, then Judd tries to end things by sliding a red into the middle. He's not in position to pot anything, but the pink is close to the baulk cushion so he moves in behind it. Ricky then opts to take a whack, skimming the final red and leaving nothing. This is intense now and much as I'd like Judd to seal this to end my shift, I want Ricky to pinch it to extend our snook.
Trump 5-3 Walden (35-38)
"Oh! What a humdinger of a red that is! You'd better sit down, Ricky!" says Phil Stud as Judd annihilates one home you can't believe he even looked at. But then he misses an easy brown, perhaps disbelieving his own magnificence. So Ricky gets underway but can't develop one of the side-cushion reds; he then tries again off the blue only to see it work until he gets a double-kiss. It requires over a minute to plan his next shot, a tap back up to baulk, and we've still no idea who's going to win this frame.
Trump 5-3 Walden (34-24)
Ach! On 20, Ricky can't sink a red with the rest and there's one over the centre pocket waiting for Judd. There's work to be done here though, and after a yellow, he misses the next red. Five now remain, two by the top cushion, two by the side, and one close to one of them.
Trump 5-3 Walden (31-10)
Ricky tries a long red with the black awaiting him, but he jawses it and leaves one. The table isn't perfectly set or anything like it, but there are enough loose reds for Judd to navigate around, all the more so when he clatters the pack. He actually might've preferred not to, but a poor positional shot left him with no choice, and he winds up bridging awkwardly to miss a long blue.So what we now have is a big chance for Rickaaaay to make it 5-4! Here he goes!
Trump 5-3 Walden (16-4)
The little things are changing; Judd thunders home a belting red, only to go in-off. But Ricky half-plays a pot and misses, allowing Judd to clip in a fine one. He skids off the bottom cushion though, meaning a long, difficult black is necessary to keep the break going. Do you think he gets it? Of course he gets it, but shortly afterwards has to bridge awkwardly and it's not entirely clear if he miscues or plays safe, because the pot is on - judging by his reaction, it's the latter.
On table two
Guodong 3-4 Lisowski
Trump 5-3 Walden
This is good from Ricky, who is forcing Judd to think about things a bit. If he can win the next one, then we really will start to wonder - and so will the best player in the world. He may be already.
Trump 5-2 Walden (10-59)
Judd leaves Ricky a long red ... and he snaffles it! He then has to dredge up a lovely shot when he overruns off the pink, screwing back around it - that's very nicely done. When the pink goes down, he's 46 in front with five reds left, so plenty of scope for Trump to steal should he miss - though of those reds, three are close to the top cushion,m while the black is close to the bottom.
Trump 5-2 Walden (10-29)
Ricky runs out of position but finds a lovely safety, stuck onto the yellow and millimetres from the bottom cushion.And when Judd misses the reds, Ricky nominates the brown as his free ball ... only to miss it into the middle! That is very bad behaviour but he gets away with it, or at least isn't directly punished. He might still lose frame and match though, even if Trump isn't finding this anything like as easy as he was before the interval.
Trump 5-2 Walden (10-18)
Judd gets really close with a long red that Ricky taps down. But trying to dig into the pack, he can only hit the pink that's on top of it, which means end of break and trouble getting back to baulk. It's one of the reasons Judd gets in next, and what a luscious long pot it takes to do it! He is so good. So the blue goes down next, then a long plant, before my SkyGo crashes and I return to see Ricky at the table.
On table two
Guodong 3-3 Lisowski
Trump 5-2 Walden
You just cannot be as careless as Ricky was there when you're playing someone as ruthless as Judd. This is very nearly over.
Trump 4-2 Walden (62-8)
I'm surprised. Judd goes into the pack off the blue, and lands on nowt, so has to play safe onto the side cushion. Not much happens, but then Ricky tries a red into the top left and it ricochets into the top right! It'd be amazing how often these things happen, if they didn't happen so often. And this should be a chance to get back into the frame, but Ricky overruns a positional shot and plays a poor safety, inciting Judd to sink a very good long pot This will surely put him three up with four to play, but what a mistake-a ta make-a. The frame was at his mercy!
Trump 4-2 Walden (39-0)
We begin frame seven with some safety, then Trump keeps a smooth, steady arm to slides him a long red. The black is available into both pockets and there's a very large break in the offing here, given a fair wind. But Judd is under a bit of pressure now, and when he plays a gentle cannon off his third black into the pack, he doesn't get it right so is forced to take on a long red from close to the white, into the yellow pocked. And he misses it! Ricky, though, can't capitalise, leaving the white a few inches off the top cushion when it should've been stuck on - he was playing off a red from close to it - and there's a long red Judd can cut to that same yellow pocket. This time, it slips right into the heart, and I'd be surprised if the frame weren't clinched at this visit.
On table two
Guodong 2-3 Lisowski
Lisowski lost the first two, remember, so this is very good work from him.
Trump 4-2 Walden
Yup, a 32 followed by a 33 secure frame six and ... do we got ourselves ... a ball-game?
Trump 4-1 Walden (2-46)
Ricky's playing nicely now, but he runs out of position so has to go in behind the green. Judd then rolls into the pack off the side cushion ... but leaves one! This is now a very good chance for 4-2, and the way Ricky's playing you feel confident that he'll grab it.
Trump 4-1 Walden (2-21)
Judd nails two incredible reds but neither leaves him on anything, then Ricky flukes another red which allows him to lay a snooker. Judd misses his first effort but he's not put back because he's left an opening and Ricky quickly gets to work.
On table two
Guodong 2-2 Lisowski
Trump 4-1 Walden
A run of 70 is plenty for the frame, and this is what Ricky needs to do: take the first chance he gets in every frame.
Trump 4-0 Walden (1-65)
Great stuff from Ricky - he's got bottle for decades and, at the very least, will not be whitewashed this afternoon.
Trump 4-0 Walden (1-31)
The boyz are rebaized and Judd pots a very nifty starter but finishes on nowt. So a safety exchange begins and Ricky, following a fluke pot into the middle that doesn't help, quickly wins it, getting himself to the table and seeing a serious chance in front of him. He'll not have forgotten what happened in the last frame - he missed when set similarly to how he is now - and knows that if he repeats such behaviour, he'll be on his bike sharpish.
On table two
Guodong 2-1 Lisowski
Mid-session interval
The players will be back in 15 or so minutes.
Trump 4-0 Walden
Judd hasn't been perfect or anything like it, but he's been good, and his good is far too much for almost everyone. A 64 does it this time, and it turns out that he's quite good at snooker, y'know.
Trump 3-0 Walden (27-15)
Right, here we go. Judd splatters balls all over the table with his escape and actually doesn't leave much. But there's one and Ricky sinks it, and this is a huge chance. He'll know it too, which ratchets up the pressure, and perhaps explains why he misses a regulation red to the top left. That brings Judd to a very inviting table and very soon it'll be 4-0.
Trump 3-0 Walden (0-5)
Trying a long red dead slow, Judd misses and goes in-off. He'll prefer that to staying down the business end, all the more so when Ricky jawses a long red. But then Judd rattles one too, a cannon he ought to have seen coming keeps the white well away from baulk, and following a pot into the middle, Judd finds himself tight behind the yellow.
On table two
Guodong 2-1 Lisowski
Trump 3-0 Walden
Still no ton - poor ickle Juddy remains stuck on a meagre career tally of 751 - but a run of 85 is more than enough for him to secure another frame. This is feeling like a very swift vaccination.
Trump 2-0 Walden (50-9)
This is ruthless, affirming stuff from the Juddster - the Juddmeister - the J. He gets himself into a spot of trouble, so just takes the white in and out of baulk and he's back in prime position. He doesn't quite have the brain that Ronnie has, crafting breaks with no apparent effort, but the long potting is so spectacular that the effect is ultimately not disssimilar. 50
Trump 2-0 Walden (9-9)
A luscious opening red sets Ricky away and he gets back down the business end via the yellow. But following a blue, he nudges into the pack off the next red ... only to miss the pot. Oh dear. He leaves a different pot, the black is available, and a bad day just got worse.
On table two
Guodong 2-0 Lisowski
Trump 2-0 Walden
"Judd Trump, 40- and the frame." Ricky is in tremendous trouble here. I mean he was before we started, but kal vachomer as they say in the old Aramaic; how much more so.
Trump 1-0 Walden (42-0)
He tries, splitting them up and potting one, but the second remains in the jaws and the blue is in between it and the white, glued to the bottom cushion. So Ricky plays a plant, smacking a red in the centre and trying to come off it to Judd's red. And he gets evily close, almost making a plant into the opposite corner in the process. But a miss is a miss, and will likely cost the frame.
Trump 1-0 Walden (33-0)
A brief safety exchange is ended by Judd and already this looks ominous for Rickaaaay. He's easing about the table accumulating, but there are five reds all blocking each other - a situation that needs addressing shortly.
On table two
Guodong 1-0 Lisowski
Trump 1-0 Walden
That'll sting Ricky, but what a shot from Judd to make it happen.
Trump 0-0 Walden (54-48)
And it's Judd who gets the final red, caressed home from distance and followed down by the yellow. He needs up to the pink, and brown to blue will be the key shot, made harder when he gets too straight on it. But look at that! He rams it in, and screws back and down for the blue into the middle. Incredible.
Trump 0-0 Walden (14-48)
Unable to send a black down cleanly, Judd runs out of position, and the chase for the final red begins. But both yellow and brown are inconveniently situated, so sinking it won't necessarily be conclusive.
Trump 0-0 Walden (14-48)
Ricky held it down brilliantly when the Williams match got tight, so it's not surprise to see how calmly he addresses the table here - even when he runs slightly out of position. But just as I type that, he gets too high on a black to the middle, and with 67 points still on the table, this frame is far from over - though of the four remaining reds, two are close to the side cushion and one is near the brown. Not any more, one is now handy for the top left.
Trump 0-0 Walden (7-18)
And even then it doesn't work out so Judd opens the reds again in potting one of their number to the middle ... except he misses, so here comes Rickaaaaaaay to reap his rewards.
Trump 0-0 Walden (7-9)
Ricky begins with an unbelievable long red and is very unlucky not to finish on anything. Judd then refuses a couple of difficult ones, opening the pack nonetheless, as is his preference, and Ricky rattles one in the jaws before leaving a starter shortly thereafter. This is why Judd likes to open the pack - because now he's in, he has options.
Off we go!
Here they come!
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Judd speaks
He says that when you're younger you think you'll keep winning, and winning this competition so young meant a lot, but as you get older you appreciate the good things more.
This is such a great tournament
And it's barely even got going. This evening we've got Graeme Dott v Kyren Wilson (and Lu Ning v the extremely interesting Pang Junxu), then tomorrow afternoon we've only got Selby-Robertson! Boom, as they say.
Ricky speaks
He tells Eurosport that he feels his game is good and his back is fine. But that if he wins another tournament, it'll be the best of all those he's won because of what he's gone through to get to here. He's beaten everyone there is to beat, so he's never feart of what an opponent might do, just concerned about delivering his best.
Jack Lisowki
Is currently 16th in the world, meaning the Masters spot, settled after this competition, is his to lose. He's really happy with how he's playing and says Xiao is an attacking player like him. Should be a great match, and it'd be great to see Jack realise the full potential of his talent at some point.
Ricky Walden
Played really well against Mark Williams, but I'm sure Judd will be happy with how that much panned out. Williams' best is very high level, Walden's best a very good level.
Afternoon all!
Fancy some Thursday afternoon genius? You've come to the right place.
Coming up today
We'll begin our live updates from 12.45pm for the afternoon session of the remaining fourth round matches. Judd Trump will be taking on Ricky Walden in our featured match, with updates on the match between Jack Lisowksi and Xiao Guodong alongside it.
Then in the evening session, Kyren Wilson takes on former world champion Graeme Dott, while Lu Ning faces Pang Junxu.
Selby reaction
Mark Selby has admitted that he probably could not nail his incredible positional shot again as he chatted in the Eurosport studio.
'Trump's phenomenal potting unlike anything we've seen before' - White
You may recall that very recently Trump made it a hat-trick of Northern Ireland Open titles with his victory over Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Eurosport expert Jimmy White gave his glowing verdict of Trump's play of late on the coverage at the time, and it's appropriate now too.
"He is a phenomenal player," White said of Trump on Eurosport.
The more he wins the more he wants to win and the more he wants to practise. Sometimes when you're playing Judd Trump and he's potting balls, there is nowhere you can put him safely.
"Judd Trump's potting is absolutely phenomenal. Next to none. Unlike anything we have seen before.
"There were times when we all thought Ronnie had put the balls safe, but two shots later he's banging balls in with everything open."
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Trump's phenomenal potting 'unlike anything we've seen before' - White
2020 UK Championship Thursday schedule
Thursday, 3 December
Afternoon (1pm)
- Xiao Guodong v Jack Lisowski
- Judd Trump v Ricky Walden
Evening (7pm)
- Graeme Dott v Kyren Wilson
- Lu Ning v Pang Junxu
What is the format?
All matches are the best of 11 frames until the final which is contested over the best of 19 frames on Sunday, 6 December.
The UK Championship – part of snooker's Triple Crown series – was due to be held at the York Barbican, but due to the global health pandemic, all remaining World Snooker Tour events in 2020 – including the Northern Ireland Open, UK Championship, Scottish Open and World Grand Prix – will continue to be staged behind closed doors at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes.
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