Wuhan Open Snooker 2024 LIVE RESULTS: Latest as Judd Trump THROUGH to semis after thrilling decider, Murphy THRASHED
JUDD TRUMP will have breathed a huge sigh of relief after making it through to the semi-finals of the Wuhan Open.
The world No 1 needed all nine frames to beat Chris Wakelin, who had been leading 2-0 and 3-1 before Trump fought back.
In the other afternoon last eight match, Zhang Anda was beaten by compatriot Si Jiahui to reach the final four.
The early QF clashes saw Guodong Ziao thrash Shaun Murphy 5-1 and Jack Lisowski lose by the same scoreline to Long Zehuang.
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Still to come
There are still four more exciting matches to come in the Wuhan Open today.
The next fixtures will begin at 12.30pm.
- Barry Hawkins v Guodong Xiao
- Mark Joyce v Anda Zhang
- Si Jiahui v Duane Jones
- Chris Wakelin v Junhui Ding
Results so far
Here is a recap of today's scores...
- Wu Yize 0-5 Jack Lisowski
- Shaun Murphy 5-4 Ali Carter
- Judd Trump 5-2 John Higgins
- Ben Woollaston 3-5 Long Zehuang
Latest scores - Woollaston defeated
Ben Woollaston has been beaten by Long Zehuang despite dominating the early frames.
- Ben Woollaston 3-5 Long Zehuang
Latest scores - Zehuang one frame from victory
Just the one game left from the morning fixtures.
Long Zehuang has finally found the breakthrough and now leads against Ben Woollaston.
- Ben Woollaston 3-4 Long Zehuang
Latest scores – Trump wins
Judd Trump has put an end to John Higgins' fight back and won the match.
Meanwhile, Long Zehuang levelled the match against Ben Woollaston having won two frames in a row.
- Judd Trump 5-2 John Higgins
- Ben Woollaston 3-3 Long Zehuang
Latest scores - Higgins hanging in
John Higgins is hanging on as he wins the sixth frame of the match to keep himself in contention against Judd Trump.
Meanwhile, Long Zehuang has won the fifth frame of the match against Ben Woollaston to close the gap to just one.
- Judd Trump 4-2 John Higgins
- Ben Woollaston 3-2 Long Zehuang
Latest scores – Trump on the cusp
Judd Trump is one frame away from beating John Higgins after waking the fifth.
Meanwhile, Murphy has completed his victory over Ali Carter after a nine-frame thriller.
- Judd Trump 4-1 John Higgins
- Ben Woollaston 3-1 Long Zehuang
- Shaun Murphy 5-4 Ali Carter
Latest scores - Murphy held back
Shaun Murphy recovered from losing the seventh frame to lead again.
But Ali Carter hit straight back to level the match and set up a winner-takes-all final frame.
- Judd Trump 3-1 John Higgins
- Ben Woollaston 3-1 Long Zehuang
- Shaun Murphy 4-4 Ali Carter
Latest scores – Carter level
Ali Carter has levelled his match against Shaun Murphy after winning his third frame of the match.
Ben Woollaston has also extended his lead against Long Zehuang.
- Judd Trump 3-1 John Higgins
- Ben Woollaston 3-1 Long Zehuang
- Shaun Murphy 3-3 Ali Carter
Latest scores – Lisowski wins
Jack Lisowski has beaten Wu Yize with a thumping 5-0 win.
Meanwhile, Judd Trump extended his lead over John Higgins to two frames by taking the fourth.
- Wu Yize 0-5 Jack Lisowski
- Judd Trump 3-1 John Higgins
- Ben Woollaston 2-1 Long Zehuang
- Shaun Murphy 3-2 Ali Carter
Latest scores – Trump fights back
Judd Trump seals the third frame 102-25 as he goes in front of John Higgins.
Jack Lisowski is now just one frame away from victory.
- Wu Yize 0-4 Jack Lisowski
- Judd Trump 2-1 John Higgins
- Ben Woollaston 2-1 Long Zehuang
- Shaun Murphy 3-2 Ali Carter
Latest scores – Murphy races ahead
Breaks of 92, 101 and 94 see Shaun Murphy pull two clear of Ali Carter as they go into a break.
Judd Trump wins a lengthy frame to equalise.
- Wu Yize 0-3 Jack Lisowski
- Judd Trump 1-1 John Higgins
- Ben Woollaston 2-0 Long Zehuang
- Shaun Murphy 3-1 Ali Carter
Latest scores - Lisowski takes control
It has been a bad start for Wu Yize.
While Ben Woollaston has clinched a marathon first frame.
- Wu Yize 0-2 Jack Lisowski
- Judd Trump 0-1 John Higgins
- Ben Woollaston 1-0 Long Zehuang
- Shaun Murphy 1-1 Ali Carter
Latest scores - We are underway
Ali Carter gets 102 points on the board as he takes the opener.
- Wu Yize 0-1 Jack Lisowski
- Judd Trump 0-1 John Higgins
- Ben Woollaston 0-0 Long Zehuang
- Shaun Murphy 0-1 Ali Carter
Good morning
There is no wait for some snooker action this morning as we are already just getting underway in Wuhan.
Coming your way first thing is:
- Wu Yize vs Jack Lisowski
- Judd Trump vs John Higgins
- Ben Woollaston vs Long Zehuang
- Shaun Murphy vs Ali Carter
Afternoon session - 12.30pm start
Well we may just about to kick off in the early matches but just a reminder that there will be four more games taking place this afternoon.
Afternoon session:
- Barry Hawkins vs Xiao Guodong
- Si Jiahui vs Duane Jones
- Mark Joyce vs Zhang Anda
- Chris Wakelin vs Ding Junhui
Morning session - 7am start
Our first session of the day will start at 7am BST, with Judd Trump and John Higgins renewing their old rivalry in the pick o the four matches, although Shaun Murphy vs Ali Carter is a close second.
Here’s how the morning session will look:
- Wu Yize vs Jack Lisowski
- Judd Trump vs John Higgins
- Ben Woollaston vs Long Zehuang
- Shaun Murphy vs Ali Carter
Credit: Getty Images - Getty Yesterday's results
Kyren Wilson was the big loser on Tuesday with shock names such as Mark Joyce and Duane Jones making it to the last 16.
Full results:
- Jamie Clarke 4-5 Wu Yize
- Jackson Page 0-5 Long Zehuang
- Stan Moody 3-5 Barry Hawkins
- Elliot Slessor 3-5 Ben Woollaston
- Xiao Guodong 5-4 Kyren Wilson
- Shaun Murphy 5-3 Noppon Saengkham
- Pang Junxu 4-5 Duane Jones
- Ali Carter 5-3 Marco Fu
- Judd Trump 5-2 Anthony McGill
- Jak Jones 1-5 Jack Liswoski
- Si Jiahui 5-1 Martin O’Donnell
- Mark Joyce 5-0 Robbie Williams
- Chris Wakelin 5-0 David Lilley
- Zhang Anda 5-3 Hossein Vafaei
- John Higgins 5-3 Zak Surety
- Yuan Sijun 2-5 Ding Junhui
'I couldn't let my guard down'
Xiao Guodong pulled off one of the shocks of the day to beat world No 2 Kyren Wilson on Tuesday and set up a clash with Barry Hawkins.
Xiao Guodong said: "Kyren is ranked number two in the world and became World Champion this year so I kept a clear head and reminded myself to be patient for my chances.
"Whether I was leading or trailing, I couldn’t let my guard down,
";When I compete in China, I really want to win. Having fans and my family in the audience makes me want to show my best.
"Thankfully I managed to get the result today."
Local Long
Long Zehuang faces Ben Woollaston on Wednesday and revealed he was feeling "particularly nervous" given he grew up in Wuhan.
He said: "I felt particularly nervous today because my family was watching.
"I’m from Wuhan and my wife and child were also here too. Maybe that brought me good luck today, as it is very rare for my family to watch me play.
"My child was born this year and is now eight months old. My wife has been taking care of everything at home.
"She is incredibly supportive of me and my entire family is behind me.
"Without their support, I might have already given up."
Shocks in Wuhan
There have been a handful of big shocks already in this one but not many at the start of the week would have put cash on Duane Jones and Mark Joyce reaching the last 16.
Welshman Jones is currently ranked No 102 in the world but put on a superb show to beat world No 26 Pang Junxu in a 5-4 thriller.
He had only won £11,000 of prize money this season so far, but has guaranteed himself at least another £12,000 this week alone.
Jones will now be hoping to pull off another shock against another local player in Si Jiahui, who has been in excellent form this season and looked very comfortable in a 5-1 win over Martin O'Donnell.
Wildcard week
Mark Joyce pips Duane Jones to the biggest shock of the week, however, as he was only a late replacement for Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Joyce, 41, has not been ranked in the top 30 in the world since November 2014 - when he reached his highest ranking of 29 - and has won zero prize money so far this season, essentially making him an amateur.
But he is taking his chance in Wuhan and scored an impressive win over Sanderson Lam before whitewashing Robbie Williams earlier on Tuesday.
Like Duane Jones, Joyce has guaranteed himself at least £12,000 as he faces a tough test against China's No 2 player, Zhang Anda.
Ding hoping for hometown glory
Ding Junhui remains China's most popular player but it has been a while since his fans saw their favourite lift any silverware.
Ding, the current world No 9, has been unable to get over the hump in the last few years, with his last ranking title coming in 2019 at the UK Championship.
He has been to three finals since, losing the UK Championship in 2022 and 2023, before almost winning the World Open on home soil earlier this year, before falling to Judd Trump.
Ding faces Chris Wakelin on Wednesday hoping to take another step towards a final and ending his long wait.
Credit: Getty Carter relishing Murphy
Ali Carter has been in a bit of a slump in recent weeks but was buzzing with his win over Marco Fu, which set up that clash with Shaun Murphy.
The Captain said: "Marco always scores really heavily. I’m delighted to get through that game.
"Wins have been a bit dry of late. I’ve come here with not a lot of expectation or confidence. It is nice to get a couple of wins.
"Shaun is a top player and I’ve known him forever. I need to keep reminding myself I’m a top player as well.
"It is good to be competing against the top boys, that is where I want to be, it is my job and I’m thoroughly looking forward to it tomorrow."
Credit: Getty Murphy vs Carter - head to head
Shaun Murphy and Ali Carter's meetings have not been quite so dramatic or high stakes as Trump and Higgins, but they have played each other 37 times and met in two finals over the years.
That includes their last meeting, in the final of the 2023 Players Championship, which Murphy won 10-4.
However, Ali Carter has had the better of his fellow Essex boy over the years, winning 21 of their 37 matches to Murphy's 14.
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