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O'Sullivan leads Trump in semi-final

Malta Independent Friday, 3 May 2013, 23:59 Last update: about 14 years ago

 

Ronnie O'Sullivan leads Judd Trump in World Championship

Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has opened up a 14-10 lead to take control of his World Championship semi-final against Judd Trump.

The pair started the day tied at 4-4 but O'Sullivan edged both of Friday's sessions 5-3 to move clear.

O'Sullivan won four of the first five frames of Friday's evening session, although Trump knocked in the first century of the match in frame 19.

O'Sullivan needs just three frames to become the first man to reach successive finals since two-time champion Mark Williams in 1999 and 2000.

Ricky Walden leads Barry Hawkins 9-7 after two sessions of their World Championship semi-final in Sheffield.

Resuming at 6-2 down, Hawkins won three of the first four frames without a break of any significance to trail 7-5.

Walden won the next with a break of 106 but Hawkins took the next two to close to within one before a break of 53 saw Walden restore his two-frame lead.

Ricky Walden (Eng) 9-7 Barry Hawkins (Eng)

121-2 (91), 116-0 (105), 17-64, 76-21 (60), 27-90, 127-1 (119), 70-47, 73-16, 49-73, 23-66, 53-40, 36-69, 106-9 (106), 25-74, 30-84, 79-14 (53)

14:00 BST

Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) 14-10 Judd Trump (Eng)

87-2 (65), 68-75*, 80-28, 75-4 (75), 93-0 (89), 0-76 (50), 56-65 (O'Sullivan 56), 40-76 (72), 90-28 (90), 14-70, 82-34, 34-61, 69-31, 93-7 (93), 66-0 (60), 50-67, 79-0 (51), 68-54, 0-117 (117), 66-9 (62), 58-36, 36-66 (60), 21-59, 89-4 (89)

*won on re-spotted black

 
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