Judd Trump v John Higgins LIVE snooker: Score and updates from tense UK Championship last-16 encounter – UK Times

After a missed tricky red by Higgins, Trump knocks it in and builds a wonderful 69 break with some tough reds potted along the way. Higgins comes back to the table for a brief safety exchange before Trump wraps up the frame.

All square at the interval.

A magnificent century by Higgins! It could have been 130 but for a missed yellow with the rest. Higgins won’t care though – for the first time since frame two, he leads the match.

Trump takes on a long red at the start of frame seven and misses by a country mile, so much so that he leaves the white at the top of the table for Higgins to tap in a loose red. The Scot is quickly racking up another useful score…

Higgins pots another brilliant long red, and that will be that. Trump was punished by a freak in-off in the middle of the frame, but he was also punished by a flawless Higgins in the aftermath.

Higgins racks up a break of 58 to lead 62-38, and plays safe on the last red. Trump comes back to the table with a crucial safety battle on his hands.

Trump is in position for a frame-winning break but it ends in brutally unfortunate circumstances, after potting a red, when the cue ball flicks off the green and rolls into the right middle pocket. He looks a bit shell-shocked by that.

Higgins steps up to the table and pots a beautifully struck long red to get on the board. He trails 38-12 with plenty of reds left to go at.

Frame six begins with John Higgins taking on a long red and missing, leaving Trump an easy red and the chance to get motoring once more.

Tidy so far from Trump, which most of the play today hasn’t been. In his first-round amtch with Neil Robertson, he stepped it up after the mid-session interval – maybe the same again?

He cruises past 50 and is well on his way to winning this frame. And there it is, he moves beyond the snookers required stage and this has been very impressive.

He goes on to make the century, completing a total clearance of 111 and leads 3-2.

That sums up this match, really. Higgins misses a red to right middle with the score on just 19. A real missed opportunity.

Trump’s chance now as he strokes in a mid-range red to get things started. He brings a few reds into the open as he pots the first black – nice shot. He quickly surpasses Higgins’s score and this is a very good chance for the world No 1.

We’re back after the mid-session interval and underway in frame five. Higgins in first and for once, the reds are nicely clustered in the centre of the table, potentially allowing him to build a decent break. The current highest form either man today is 39.