Judd Trump v Mark Williams LIVE: Score and updates from World Snooker Championship semi-final – UK Times

Williams hits some more beautiful shots to get going in frame 23, after another poor break-off by Trump, but the Welshman runs out of position after going into the bunch of reds and is forced to play safe.

Trump returns 29 points behind and responds with a stunning power red, and then a long yellow, to start his own crucial break.

Magnificent by Williams, who clears the table with ease after another lovely long red. He is playing at a supremely high level right now and Trump is struggling, without a point since the mid-session interval. Two frames left this afternoon.

Williams is back amongst the balls after a brilliant long red, and puts 45 points on the board before running out of position. He plays safe and is in charge of this frame, looking to move two clear.

Mark Williams takes immediate advantage of a poor break-off, something which has been bothering Trump all tournament, and sweeps up a 70-odd break to clinch the frame and lead again.

O’Sullivan was hoping to make history at the Crucible this year with a record eighth world title, but Zhao made short work of their contest, winning 17-7 with a session to spare.

The Sheffield academy where Zhao developed his game posted a picture on social media of the pair embracing, and wrote: “Straight after the match Xintong went to Ronnie’s dressing room. He thanked him for his help and support, without which he wouldn’t have got to the final so quickly.”

Williams clears up! That will hurt Trump, who threw away some big chances to seal a two-frame lead at the mid-session interval. Instead the go in all square once more.

After a loose safety by Trump, Williams takes on a long red to the left corner, but it rattles the jaws and bounces out. Trump sets about clearing the table but runs out of position, leaving himself an awkward mid-distance red which doesn’t drop. Two huge missed chances!

Williams returns, trailing by 17 points with two reds still on the table.

This is another captivating frame. Williams puts on a break of 31 before running out of position and Trump responds with 26 points, but then snookers himself in the most bizarre way, drawing so much spin from the cue ball that it misses the pack of reds he was aiming to split and flies up the table.

Trump nestles up against the reds with a two-cushion escape at the second time of asking, and Williams is back at the table with a nine-point lead and a safety battle on his hands.

Trump scores another break of 71 but misses a red to the left middle which allows Williams to come back to the table chasing a snooker and a clearance to steal the frame.

Williams decides to polish off most of the balls before trapping Trump around pink and black, but he can’t get control of the safety battle and, after leaving the pink over the pocket, picks up the black to signal his surrender.

After Trump’s break-off, Williams plays a slightly loose safety shot which leaves a long diagonal red to the bottom-right corner – the cue ball needed to be much closer to the baulk cushion to be safe. Trump buries the pot and he’s earned himself a good chance to score once more…