Ronnie started the tournament by playing Andrew Higginson in an astonishing match which saw Ronnie lose the first 4 frames only to turn his form around and run out 5-4 winner. He then went on to reach the last eight with a 5-1 win against Joe Perry and then progressed to the last four with a 5-3 win against Matthew Stevens.

Judd Trump started his campaign with a 5-1 win against Paul Davison and followed this up with a 5-2 win over Mark Allen to reach the last eight, but was then defeated 4-5 by Stephen Maguire.

Stuart Bingham also started with a win, beating former world champion Peter Ebdon 5-3 but then lost 2-5 to Mark Williams in round two.

Yu Delu and Liu Song successfully negotiated their way through the wildcard round, beating Chris Norbury 5-3 and Soner Sari 5-0 respectively.

Delu then went on to play Ding Junhui in the first round proper and notched up a fantastic win over the world no 9, beating him 5-3. However he was unable to reach the third round after a 2-5 defeat to Stephen Lee late on Thursday night.

Liu Song had a tough opponent in the last 32 in Mark Selby and was defeated 0-5.

Grove newcomer Liang Wenbo had the best run, beating Andrew Higginson 74-9 and Matthew Stevens 54-0 before losing to Barry Pinches 41-43 in the last 16.

Judd Trump had a tough first-round draw against world champion John Higgins, losing 16-62. Jack Lisowski also had a tough draw against Stephen Hendry and lost 29-79.

Two Grove players, Stuart Bingham and Liu Song, met in the first round with Stuart winning 77-22. Stuart then fell at the next hurdle to Jamie Jones 8-78.

Australia’s Neil Robertson put an end to Judd Trump’s progress after beating him 6-3 in an easy semi-final encounter at Alexandra Palace. The match was expected to be one of the toughest encounters of the event but it finished in quite similar fashion to earlier games. The young Trump had no chance to unsettle his Aussie opponent and tumbled down by three frames.

Snooker Masters 2012, one of the Triple Crowns of world snooker featured some of the best snooker matches which included a couple of major upsets. The semi-final clash between the Englishman and Australian produced an unexpected result featuring the former World Snooker Champion as the winner.

The Robertson/Trump clash was one of the major upsets because the Bristolian executed outstanding pots from the beginning and was in a strong shape to claim the title. On the other hand, the Aussie potter had a bit of mixed luck during his campaign but he held his nerves and played sensibly during the semi-final to outplay his opponent.

Before the match, the odds were stacked heavily in favour of Trump as he had defeated Robertson at the 2011 UK Championship and the 2011 World Snooker Championship. The young Bristolian was considered to be one of the favourites to claim the 2012 Masters trophy. However, luck was favouring the Thunder from Down Under this time and he made his way straight to the finals.

The 29-year-old Robertson stunned his opponent with a superb 2-0 lead in the match after he grabbed the first two scrappy frames by 65-11 and 144-0, firing a couple of cracking knocks including a century clearance in Frame 2. Trump replied with his 76 knock and took the third set to move within one frame up at 2-1.

Robertson gave no further hope to Trump and won three consecutive frames by the score line of 89-0, 61-53 and 63-1. He was able to nudge the Englishman down by four frames at 5-1.

The 22-year-old Trump tried his best in the next session and clinched two straight frames but it was not enough from him, as Robertson secured the ninth frame in his favour by 74-24 and claimed the semi-final win. The World Number Four will be meeting England’s Shaun Murphy in the finals.

Last 8:

Judd Trump advanced into the last four of the Masters after a 6-2 win over Ronnie O’Sullivan at Alexandra Palace.

Trump, 22, raced into a 4-0 lead going into the mid-session interval, which included a tremendous 140 break.

The four-time champion came out and rallied, winning two out of three frames and scoring a 141 break, the highest of the tournament so far.

But Trump held his nerve with a 65 break in the eighth frame, and will face Neil Robertson or Mark Williams.

Trump came into the tournament as UK champion, having beaten Mark Allen 10-8 in last month’s final.

And the man from Bristol said he felt the result was never in doubt.

“I came into the tournament full of confidence thinking I can win it and all the other players want to beat me,” he said.

“I didn’t miss many balls [although] I got a little impatient towards the end to try and get over the winning line, but Ronnie had the crowd on his side.

“He has done what few in the game have done and I look up to him.”

Three-time world champion O’Sullivan reciprocated the praise, saying of Trump: “Judd scored heavily and played a fantastic match. He put in some good breaks under pressure.

“All you can do is sit there and hope for your chance but it’s difficult to stop someone with so much confidence.

“I couldn’t give any more out there and he played better on the day.”

A nervous opening frame saw both players miss opportunities, with O’Sullivan failing to sink an easy cut on the black off its spot. He was duly punished by his opponent who knocked in a break of 39 to clinch the frame.

O’Sullivan found himself snookered from the break-off in frame two and missed the reds, leaving world number five Judd a free-ball, from which a 66 break gave him the frame.

With play proceeding at a frantic pace and Trump taking every chance that came his way, he was soon 3-0 ahead and the 22-year-old looked a picture of composure as he notched a tournament highest-break 140 in the fourth.

O’Sullivan’s 67 in the next got him on the board, and preserved his record of never having been whitewashed at the Masters.

Trump, who also defeated O’Sullivan at the UK Championship last month, emerged from a tactical battle in the sixth frame to lead 5-1 but his opponent was not going down without a fight, and was cheered on by the boisterous London crowd as he stroked in a 141 clearance, snatching the tournament’s highest break from Trump by a single point.

But he broke down on 54 in the next frame and Trump held his nerve to clear the table and go through.

Last 16:

Ronnie O’Sullivan survived a fightback from defending champion Ding Junhui to advance to the second round of the Masters with a thrilling 6-4 victory.

The four-time Masters champion settled the quicker of the two players at the tournament’s new venue, Alexandra Palace, to take a 4-1 lead.

Ding hit back to win the next three frames, but O’Sullivan found some form and sealed the match with a 125 break.

O’Sullivan will face either Judd Trump or Stuart Bingham, who play on Monday.

O’Sullivan, who beat Ding 6-2 in the 2005 quarter-finals as well as his 10-3 demolition of the youngster in the 2007 final, surprisingly missed a black off its spot in the opening frame, allowing Ding a great chance to take it.

But the defending champion broke down on 58, and a brilliant long red saw O’Sullivan clear up with a break of 36.

Chinese star Ding, who beat Marco Fu 10-4 to win his maiden Masters title last year, was first in in the second with 21, but O’Sullivan responded with 57, which proved sufficient for a 2-0 lead.

O’Sullivan sunk another long red and made 48, but broke down when trying to split the reds. Ding, who was looking to reach the Masters final for the third time, hit back with breaks of 45 and 31 to get a score on the board.

O’Sullivan restored his two frame advantage with a beautifully constructed break of 76 to lead 3-1 going into the mid-session interval and then extended that lead with a break of 62.

In frame six, the momentum appeared to shift when Ding, who had come to the table 45-10 down after O’Sullivan broke down on 36, fluked a red which rattled the top left pocket’s jaws before sliding across the top cushion and dropping in the top right pocket.

The Chinese player cleared up to win the frame and then mistakes from O’Sullivan, who appeared to suffer a lapse in concentration after losing the previous frame, in the next two allowed Ding to level the match at 4-4.

Ding, who arrived at Alexandra Palace having lost his last four matches against ‘The Rocket’, had the first chance in frame nine, but breaks of 51 and 20, which included a long red under pressure, allowed O’Sullivan to stop the rot.

Winning frame nine appeared to settle O’Sullivan as the world number 16 fired in a break of 125, the highest of the match, his 50th Masters century and the first ton to be compiled at Alexandra Palace, to progress to the last eight.

Judd Trump won four frames in a row to beat Stuart Bingham 6-3 and secure a quarter-final tie against Ronnie O’Sullivan on Thursday.

Bingham went 2-1 up in the best of eleven match but Trump levelled with a 107 break in the fourth frame.

Despite Bingham then taking a 3-2 lead, Trump took control in a run of four frames which included a 121 break in the seventh frame.

“I’ll have to improve probably 50% if I want to beat Ronnie,” admitted Trump. “I felt relaxed and I felt after the first frame that I’ve got a lead and I thought I could run away with it, but I just kept giving him chances.

“I cannot give Ronnie those chances I was giving Stuart.

“The first round can be the hardest round. You want to get it out of the way, no matter how you do it.”

Despite his two centuries the 22-year-old from Bristol was prone to errors that Australian Open champion Bingham was quick to capitalise on.

World number eight Trump looked at ease as he compiled a confident 87 in the opener, but made just 19 at the start of the second before a hasty blue paved the way for Bingham to hit a 69 and pull level.

Bingham prevailed in a scrappy third by hitting breaks of 24 and 25 in a close tussle before an emphatic 107 in the next improved Trump’s mood.

The pair exchanged frames again as Basildon potter Bingham re-established his lead at 3-2.

Trump responded with gritty breaks of 25 and 29 to level before a break of 121 moved him ahead for the first time since the opening frame.

A 37 at the start of the eighth frame put Trump in charge but a superb long red triggered a run of 32 from Bingham before a missed pink let his opponent back in.

Leading 52-49 with the colours remaining, Trump was given half a chance on a long yellow after a period of cat-and-mouse and duly fired home before slotting in the remaining colours for a 5-3 lead.

Bingham hit breaks of 24 and 26 in response to Trump’s 50 in the next to leave the frame delicately poised.

The players slugged it out for several shots before Bingham finally opened the door for Trump, who smashed in the green and the remaining colours to take the victory.

Wednesday:

Yu Delu made it through after being fellow Chinese player Cao Yupeng 5-2. This included a break of 136 from Delu.

Thursday:

Yu Delu enjoyed another 5-2 win against world no 65 Andy Hicks. Liu Song bowed out at his first attempt after a 4-5 defeat to Thailand’s Dechawat Poomjaeng.

Friday:

Jack Lisowski entered at the last 64 stage but lost 1-5 to an inspired Alfie Burden.

Liang Wenbo also entered at this stage, defeating Michael White 5-4, while Yu Delu enjoyed a third win, this time 5-1 over world no 45 Alan McManus.

Saturday:

Both Liang Wenbo and Yu Delu attempted to reach the final stages of the World Open with a victory in the final qualifying round.

Wenbo fought back from falling 0-3 down against Mark King but eventually lost 4-5.

Delu wasn’t able to make it 4 wins out of 4, losing 3-5 to Andrew Higginson who, with a world ranking of 19, is ranked 53 places above Delu.

Grove players Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump and Stuart Bingham will be playing in the final stages in Hainan, starting 27 February.

The Romford-based Bristolian earned £6,000 for his efforts and will return to the same venue in March to contest the final stages of the internet only streamed competition.

In a high quality performance, Trump recorded breaks of 121 and then 118 in the penultimate frame to progress. Murphy, who netted £5,000, returns today when Group 2 commences.

“I saved my best performance for the final, no one is that sharp after Christmas,” said Trump, who kept his winning streak going, having won the williamhill.com UK Championship last month.

“I’m glad I won the final as Shaun played well and really pushed me. I’m getting a lot of chances and taking them but there will be a time when safety play has to come in.

“Of the competitions I’ve played in, I’m doing well or winning 50 per cent at the moment and that brings a lot of confidence and I’m taking more shots on.

“My game has improved by 50 per cent since this time last year and the confidence I’ve got is the main part of that. I’ve always been a good player but lacked that killer edge when playing on TV or in tournaments like this.”

Earlier, Trump had defeated Mark Selby in the semi-final while Murphy had put paid to East Sussex cueman Mark Davis’s hopes.

The play-off stages saw £300 awarded for each frame won with bonuses of £3,000 (winner), £2,000 to the runner-up and £1,000 apiece for the semi-finalists. The top break prize of £500 for Group 1 went to Andrew Higginson, who was eliminated from the competition alongside Ali Carter.

The Championship League Snooker event is a venture between Matchroom Sport and Perform where 25 of the game’s finest players compete with all matches broadcast on a host of betting websites.

Each group features seven players with each man playing the other six once in a round-robin basis. Every match is the best of five and the winner gaining a point. At the end of the league phase the top four advance to that group’s semi-finals where the two winners meet in the final.

Each group winner then goes through to the final group on March 21st & 22nd where big money as well as a spot in the Sky Sports-televised Premier League Snooker is up for grabs. The two bottom players are eliminated from the competition, while the remaining four move forward to Group Two to be joined by three new players.

Play continues today in Group Two where Selby, Murphy, Davis and Matthew Stevens are joined by Neil Robertson, Mark Williams and Stuart Bingham.

Day one League results

Matthew Stevens 1-3 Mark Selby
31-64, 72-32 (Selby 46), 37-78 (Selby 77), 0-106 (Selby, 38, 68)

Shaun Murphy 2-3 Judd Trump
93-37 (Murphy 31, 58), 84-11 (Murphy 84), 17-69 (Trump 64), 0-79 (Trump 45, 34), 27-75 (Trump 47)

Andrew Higginson 3-1 Matthew Stevens
71-0 (Higginson 40), 77-0 (Higginson 38, 49), 7-60 (Stevens 31), 113-0 (Higginson 52, 56)

Ali Carter 1-3 Mark Davis
73-40, 0-67 (Davis 67), 0-74 (Davis 73), 4-82 (Davis 41)

Mark Selby 3-2 Shaun Murphy
71-17, 0-76, 77-38 (Selby 77, Murphy 38), 71-45 (Selby 66, Murphy 45), 60-49 (Selby 59)

Mark Davis 3-1 Andrew Higginson
85-25 (Higginson 78), 133-0 (Davis 133), 61-70 (Davis 61, Higginson 70), 66-7 (Davis 66)

Mark Selby 3-1 Judd Trump
48-65 (Selby 40, Trump 35), 76-24 (Selby 76), 73-42 (Selby 46, Trump 42), 92-48 (Selby 92)

Judd Trump 3-0 Ali Carter
69-14 (Trump 69), 68-58 (Carter 53), 110-5 (Trump 110)

Matthew Stevens 2-3 Shaun Murphy
73-54 (Murphy 52), 11-82, 0-75 (Murphy 53), 108-5 (Stevens 83), 0-69 (Murphy 54)

Ali Carter 3-0 Andrew Higginson
74-16 (Carter 47), 109-0 (Carter 101), 126-1 (Carter 120)

Shaun Murphy 3-1 Andrew Higginson
105-0 (Murphy 105), 31-96 (Higginson 96), 86-0 (Murphy 86), 119-0 (Murphy 115)

Mark Davis 3-2 Judd Trump
66-2 (Davis 57), 31-73 (Davis 31, Trump 40), 0-109 (Trump 109), 81-0 (Davis 77), 70-45 (Davis 45)

Day 2 League Results

Matthew Stevens 1-3 Mark Davis
19-83 (Davis 77), 9-82 (Davis 45, 37), 66-43 (Stevens 48), 27-71 (Davis 31, 31)

Mark Selby 3-2 Ali Carter
6-72 (Carter 67), 0-75 (Carter 65), 142-0 (Selby 110), 80-0 (Selby 58), 63-16 (Selby 43)

Judd Trump 3-2 Andrew Higginson
19-113 (Higginson 91), 137-0 (Trump 131), 119-0 (Trump 119), 30-64, 67-40 (Trump 50, Higginson 32)

Shaun Murphy 3-0 Mark Davis
71-0 (Murphy 71), 124-6 (71, 53), 70-47 (Davis 36)

Mark Selby 1-3 Andrew Higginson
1-135 (Higginson 135), 70-5 (Selby 53), 9-82 (Higginson 52), 17-73 (Higginson 73)

Matthew Stevens 3-0 Ali Carter
79-0 (Stevens 79), 64-23 (Stevens 43), 67-57 (Stevens 67, Carter 57)

Shaun Murphy 2-3 Ali Carter
9-118 (Carter 118), 4-79 (Carter 67), 69-63 (Murphy 69, Carter 49), 110-1 (Murphy 110), 15-57 (Carter 49)

Mark Selby 3-2 Mark Davis
22-71 (Davis 49), 0-78 (Davis 78), 70-38 (Selby 48), 68-40 (Davis 35), 90-37 (Selby 90, Davis 36)

Judd Trump 0-3 Matthew Stevens
64-72 (Trump 64, Stevens 72), 45-57 (Trump 44, Stevens 50), 0-136 (Stevens 45, 91)

Semi-Finals

Mark Selby 1-3 Judd Trump
13-75 (Trump 56), 39-87 (Selby 39, Trump 79), 96-0 (Selby 96), 0-84 (Trump 84)

Mark Davis 1-3 Shaun Murphy
66-71 (Davis 38, Murphy 43), 92-15 (Davis 70), 29-76 (Murphy 61), 43-70 (Davis 34, Murphy 61)

The Final

Judd Trump 3-2 Shaun Murphy
25-84 (Murphy 84), 121-1 (Trump 121), 19-65 (Murphy 65), 118-0 (Trump 118), 75-8 (Trump 67)

Century breaks
135 – Andrew Higginson v Mark Selby
133 – Mark Davis v Andrew Higginson
131 – Judd Trump v Andrew Higginson
121 – Judd Trump v Shaun Murphy
120 – Ali Carter v Andrew Higginson
119 – Judd Trump v Andrew Higginson
118 – Judd Trump v Shaun Murphy
118 – Ali Carter v Shaun Murphy
115 – Shaun Murphy v Andrew Higginson
110 – Shaun Murphy v Ali Carter
110 – Judd Trump v Ali Carter
110 – Mark Selby v Ali Carter
109 – Judd Trump v Mark Davis
105 – Shaun Murphy v Andrew Higginson
101 – Ali Carter v Andrew Higginson

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PTC11:

Judd Trump’s good form continued after winning his first three matches, against Sam Baird 4-0, David Morris 4-0 and Alan McManus 4-2. On Monday morning he defeated Jamie Cope 4-0 for a place in the quarter finals against Tom Ford, but was then defeated 1-4 by Tom Ford.

Yu Delu joined him after getting through tthe first three rounds with three 4-1 wins, against Andrew Norman, Dechawat Poomjaeng and Jamie Burnett. However he was then defeated in the fourth round 0-4, again by Tom Ford.

Zhang Anda and Chen Zhe both came through the pre-qualifying stage, both winning 4-1 against Mitchell Travis and Brandon Winstone respectively. Anda then lost his first match in the main draw to Craig Steadman, 2-4. Chen Zhe had a much better run, with two great wins against Kyren Wilson 4-0 and world number 41 Matthew Selt 4-1 before being edged 3-4 in round 3 by Simon Bedford.

Liang Wenbo won his first match 4-2 against Stuart Carrington but was the beaten 0-4 by Simon Bedford.

Jack Lisowski was defeated 2-4 in his first round match against David Grace and Liu Song lost his first match by the same scoreline to Alan McManus. Stuart Bingham had a tough first round draw, losing 2-4 to Mark Williams.

PTC12:

Zhang Anda enjoyed a great win against world no 43 Jamie Burnett 4-1 in round one but was then defeated in round two by world no 11 Stephen Maguire.

Jack Lisowski also had a 4-1 win in round one, against Andrew Norman and followed this up with a win by the same scoreline against Joe Jogia, but was not able to take his place in the last 16 after a 2-4 defeat to Kurt Maflin.

Liang Wenbo started with a 4-2 win against Aditya Mehta and followed this up with another 4-2 win against Duane Jones, but was then beaten 1-4 by Mike Dunn in round three.

Stuart Bingham beat Sam Harvey 4-0 in but was then defeated 3-4 by Matthew Stevens in round two.

Liu Song lost 3-4 to Rickey Walden and Chen Zhe last 2-4 to Mark Joyce.

The Grove’s Judd Trump is the new UK Champion. Judd took the title for the first time after beating Mark Allen 10-8.

Judd had cruised past Dominic Dale, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Stephen Maguire and Neil Robertson without ever hitting top gear at York’s Barbican Centre. But he found his best form to win a first UK title, his second ranking event of the year, and pocket the £100,000 first prize.

And after the first all left-hander ranking final for 22 years, when Tony Meo beat Dean Reynolds, Judd now moves up to number 5 in the world rankings.

“It sounds brilliant to be called UK champion,” said Judd. “Mark pushed me the whole way, and it was a good job I had a big lead. It is the best anyone has ever played against me, so luckily I took my chance at the end.”

Judd had a 5-3 lead going into the evening and then moved into overdrive, rattling in runs of 109, 78 and 74 to surge 8-4 ahead. Allen blasted three centuries in four frames as he hit back to 9-8 behind.

But Judd held his nerve with a break of 91 to close out the match.

Friday:

Judd Trump reached the UK Championship final for the first time with a 9-7 victory over Neil Robertson in York.

Trump, 22, fired in breaks of 51, 84 and 67 as he led his fellow left-hander 2-0, 3-2 and 4-3 in the early stages. But Robertson’s 77 break ensured the players went into the evening’s session all-square at 4-4. Trump pulled ahead to 7-5, then his opponent fought back to level, before Judd struck 51 then edged a tight final frame to win.

“I think Neil tried to slow it down and make things awkward for me,” said Trump, who will face the winner of Saturday’s semi-final between Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen and England’s Ricky Walden on Sunday.

“The game went really slow and nothing happened for about 20 minutes and I was just sitting there falling asleep. He came back to 7-7 and I thought he could win from there. In the end I think we were over-trying and that’s why we started to miss a few. It’d be nice to end the year on a high and win this tournament.”

Thursday:

Judd Trump became the first man to reach the semi-finals of the UK Championship in York after a 6-3 victory over Stephen Maguire.

The 22-year-old lost the opening frame but reeled off five in succession.

World number nine Maguire pulled back two consecutive frames, compiling an 80 in the eighth frame and had a 92% potting success rate during the match.

But Trump was in imperious potting form and finished the match in style with a break of 120.

Tuesday:

Judd Trump won a thrilling match against Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-5 on Tuesday to progress to a quarter-final match against Stephen Maguire.

Monday:

Judd Trump had a good start to his campaign on Monday with a 6-4 first round win against Dominic Dale.

Ronnie O’Sullivan has made it through to the last 16 after a 6-1 win against six-times world champion Steve Davis.

However Stuart Bingham is out, falling at the last 32 stage 4-6 to Marco Fu.

Read what Damien and Judd have to say by clicking on the images below (a larger one will appear).