German Masters snooker as it happened - Judd Trump beat Sam Craigie 6-2 and will play Si Jiahai in final
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ByEurosport
Updated 03/02/2024 at 22:56 GMT
Read our live text coverage of the German Masters as the semi-finals arrive on Saturday at the Berlin Tempodrom. Judd Trump beat tournament revelation Sam Craigie 6-2 after Si Jihai came back from two frames down to down Kyren Wilson 6-3 in the earlier semi-final. Stream top snooker action, including the German Masters, live on discovery+, the Eurosport app and at Eurosport.com.
Si ‘picks out’ sublime plant in stylish display against Wilson
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Si Jiahai faces Judd Trump in what promises to be an enthralling German Masters Final.
TRUMP WINS 6-2 TO REACH FINAL AGAINST SI
He produces the biggest break of the match with 79 to win the match.
TRUMP 5-2 CRAIGIE (70-10)
He is in yet another final. Can he cap it by clearing up.
TRUMP 5-2 CRAIGIE (27-10)
Trump plays an impudent double which has set him up for a match-winning break.
TRUMP 5-2 CRAIGIE (18-4)
Craigie calls a foul on himself for flicking the red when he was bridging over it trying to pot the black.
TRUMP 5-2 CRAIGIE (11-0)
Trump cannot take advantage on this occasion.
TRUMP 5-2 CRAIGIE (1-0)
Craigie misses a long pot and leaves the cue ball around the reds. This could be curtains.
TRUMP 5-2 CRAIGIE
Trump finishes with a break of 75.
TRUMP 4-2 CRAIGIE (68-7)
Trump has secured the frame now. You have to feel for Craigie.
TRUMP 4-2 CRAIGIE (22-7)
After a long safety exchange, a fluke gives Trump a very good chance to put himself a frame from victory.
TRUMP 4-2 CRAIGIE (21-1)
Craigie with a wondeful plant gives himself a chance to take control of the frame.
'OH STOP IT' - TRUMP WITH OUTRAGEOUS SCREW SHOT
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‘Oh stop it’ - Trump produces outrageous power screw from the yellow to split the reds
TRUMP 4-2 CRAIGIE (21-0)
Trump with a poor positional shot ends a promising break.
TRUMP 4-2 CRAIGIE
Trump concedes. Craigie wins the frame after compiling the highest break of the match tonight.
TRUMP 4-1 CRAIGIE (0-71)
The break of 71 falters on frame ball but Craigie should still take this with Trump needing a snooker.
TRUMP 4-1 CRAIGIE (0-23)
Craigie at the table and looking like compiling a big score.
TRUMP 4-1 CRAIGIE
Finally some vintage Judd Trump - a superb break of 68 including a wonderful yellow which sees him come down the table and break a bunch of reds to set up position.
TRUMP 3-1 CRAIGIE (7-0)
Starting as the last frame finished, a messy start to the frame with both players missing pots they should have made.
2057 - BACK AFTER THE INTERVAL
And what a big frame this is.
TRUMP 3-1 CRAIGIE
Trump gets over the line and we are at the interval. He will be delighted to be in front after not playing near his best.
TRUMP 2-1 CRAIGIE (51-9)
This is a frame which feels like it has been going on all evening - and we still have a way to go.
TRUMP 2-1 CRAIGIE (45-5)
Trump jaws another. He is really giving Craigie a chance in this game.
TRUMP 2-1 CRAIGIE (15-5)
Another fine long pot from Trump, followed by another sloppy miss. He leaves nothing on though.
TRUMP 2-1 CRAIGIE (9-0)
Trump with a fantastic long pot but then tries to clip a difficult yellow into the left baulk pocket and has now left the table open for his opponent.
TRUMP 2-1 CRAIGIE (8-0)
Trump gets the first chance to open up the frame, but falls out of position and plays safe.
TRUMP 2-1 CRAIGIE
The favourite takes the third frame which could have gone either way. Could that be crucial?
TRUMP 1-1 CRAIGIE (60-63)
Careless or unfortunate. Probably both. Craigie potted the yellow but then went in-off when trying to lay a snooker on the green. Trump now is set to clear up.
TRUMP 1-1 CRAIGIE (53-61)
Another Trump error has given Craigie a chance but he could not get position to go from the last red colour to yellow so it is still up for grabs.
TRUMP 1-1 CRAIGIE (48-38)
He couldn't quite clear the reds, but Craigie has put himself back in the frame.
TRUMP 1-1 CRAIGIE (48-0)
It looked like Trump would not waste his second chance, but once more he left a black in the jaws, this time the bottom left corner. A chance for Craigie now.
TRUMP 1-1 CRAIGIE (11-0)
Trump first at the table, but cannot forge a big break.
TRUMP 1-1 CRAIGIE
That will certainly give Craigie confidence. He did not want to cede a big lead early on.
TRUMP 1-0 CRAIGIE (15-64)
Trump this time leaves a ball in the jaws, the black ball, and Craigie now will level the game.
TRUMP 1-0 CRAIGIE (7-47)
It was an awkward pot into the bottom right pocket which Craigie deliberated upon before taking on, eventually rattling the ball in the jaws. Now Trump has a chance to punish him.
TRUMP 1-0 CRAIGIE (1-33)
The balls were not in the most inviting position but Craigie is composing a potential frame-winning break.
TRUMP 1-0 CRAIGIE
Craigie concedes after Trump left him needing multiple snookers.
TRUMP 0-0 CRAIGIE (64-6)
Trump left a chance Craigie will be kicking himself he missed, with the red near the pocket, allowing the former world champion a chance to give himself a big lead.
TRUMP 0-0 CRAIGIE (19-6)
A good red into the middle sets Trump on the way and he looks very comfortable now.
TRUMP 0-0 CRAIGIE (8-6)
After a couple of fouls, Craigie pots a good red and blue to settle himself down before laying a good safety.
TRUMP 0-0 CRAIGIE (4-0)
Early nerves from Craigie as he clips brown when trying to get past it to clip reds at far end of table.
1902 - TRUMP IS INTRODUCED TO A GREAT ROAR
There are few more appreciative snooker audiences to play in front of.
1850 - SECOND SEMI-FINAL BEGINS SHORTLY
Judd Trump meets the sensation of the tournament Sam Craigie in the snooker cauldron in Berlin. The pair will be on the baize shortly.
THIS EVENING WE WILL SEE WHO MEETS SI IN FINAL
Sam Craigie toppled defending champion Ali Carter in the last eight but has an even tougher task in front of him against Judd Trump, who beat John Higgins to reach the semis. The action gets underway at 1900 and we will be back with you then. Thanks for following us for Si's sublime session this afternoon.
SI WINS 6-3 TO REACH FINAL
Tomorrow he will be in a ranking final for the first time. Ten months on from when he was so close to doing so at The Crucible.
SI 5-3 WILSON (73-24)
Si pots the blue - and flukes the pink!
SI 5-3 WILSON (62-24)
Si nails a long green and he is now going to win the match, though Wilson will not concede yet.
SI 5-3 WILSON (58-24)
Si pots the yellow and it is even more of an uphill struggle for Wilson.
SI 5-3 WILSON (56-24)
Wilson did well to get the reds but missed the blue, which would only have left him able to tie the frame. Now he needs snookers.
SI 5-3 WILSON (56-15)
A bit of luck not to go in-off from a red and now Si has left Wilson with a tricky snooker.
SI 5-3 WILSON (55-10)
Wilson gets out of a snooker at the second attempt. The four reds are all by the baulk cushion. Si needs two of them to win the match
SI 5-3 WILSON (47-10)
A precise pot with a black obscuring half the pocket could well set Si up for victory now.
SI 5-3 WILSON (39-10)
Si gets a little luck with a fluked red to build a lead but misses a pink to leave the frame open.
WATCH ANOTHER GLORIOUS SI SHOT
He is entertaining us this afternoon.
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Si delights German Masters audience with ‘ridiculously good’ shot
SI 5-3 WILSON (0-10)
The break, erm, breaks down and the pair are now having another safety exchange.
SI 5-3 WILSON (0-4)
Wilson nails a long pot from baulk and takes on a risky green to the middle which has set himself up for a big score.
SI 5-3 WILSON
Wilson pots the pink to end the 38-minute frame.
SI 5-2 WILSON (38-57)
Si secures one snooker. One to go.
SI 5-2 WILSON (33-57)
Si left the green over the pocket and Wilson put himself in good position to secure the tricky brown, which he does, and now the Chinese player needs snookers.
SI 5-2 WILSON (33-50)
A fascinating safety exchange going on. Both players know how crucial the next two pots will be.
CHECK OUT SI'S FANTASTIC LONG POT
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‘That’s what he does!’ – Si executes brave and ‘fantastic’ long pot
SI 5-2 WILSON (33-50)
The break comes to an end on the green and he has left it on for Wilson now - although the brown is in a tricky position too.
SI 5-2 WILSON (7-50)
Another fantastic pot, this time a blue, could see Si clear up here.
SI 5-2 WILSON (0-49)
A break of 49 has Wilson with the advantage.
SI 5-2 WILSON (0-7)
For the first time in a while Si misses a long red and Wilson is now at the table.
SI 5-2 WILSON
Another fine long red has Si within a frame of the final.
SI 4-2 WILSON (64-12)
Wilson comes back to the table after Si's 55. He needs three snookers.
SI 4-2 WILSON (10-12)
A couple of loose shots in this crucial frame from both players, now Si has a chance to build a lead.
SI 4-2 WILSON
He misses out on a hundred but will be happy with that 90, Wilson well up against it now.
SI 3-2 WILSON (82-0)
The frame is won, can Si make back-to-back centuries?
SI 3-2 WILSON (1-0)
He is bringing out all the shots now. A stabbing shot from the baulk cushion pots a red into the bottom right corner and he is on another run.
SI 3-2 WILSON
A total clearance of 138 from Si including a fantastic spider on the yellow after he fell out of position.
SI 3-2 WILSON
A total clearance of 138 from Si including a fantastic spider on the yellow after he fell out of position.
SI 2-2 WILSON (72-0)
He looks a different player now. The frame is won and Si can get a total clearance of 138 here.
SI 2-2 WILSON (0-0)
Si gets us back underway.
SI 2-2 WILSON
A foul from Wilson and then a fine long pot secures the frame for Si and we go into the interval all-square.
SI 1-2 WILSON (55-24)
A break of 54, his best of the match, gives Si the advantage in the frame before the interval.
SI 1-2 WILSON (0-24)
The Brit plays a decent shot to set up a chance to build a lead but once more doesn't get any luck splitting up the pack of reds and it is end of break.
SI 1-2 WILSON
Wilson concedes after leaving a red over the pocket.
SI 0-2 WILSON (67-16)
A break of 34 will surely get Si the third frame. Wilson needs two snookers to tie.
WATCH WILSON'S EXTRAORDINARY FLUKE FROM SECOND FRAME
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‘What an extraordinary fluke!’ – Wilson gets huge slice of fortune with attempted double
SI 0-2 WILSON (25-16)
A messy frame. Both have missed numerous balls they should have potted. Si looks capable of getting back into the game with his superior safety play - if his break building returns to normal.
SI 0-2 WILSON (0-16)
A strange choice of shot by Wilson, after he was unlucky when breaking up the reds not to set up an easy pot, he tried to play off a cushion onto a red near the bottom red pocket but did not even make connection with the last ball in the plant.
SI 0-2 WILSON (0-5)
Wilson is already on the table nailing a fantastic long red and setting up a chance for a big break.
SI 0-2 WILSON
The former champion takes the second frame and an early lead. Both had chances in the second frame but it was the Wilson who got a bit of luck with a flukey red to help him on the way to take the second.
SI 0-1 WILSON
Wilson takes the first frame with a break of 97.
SI 0-0 WILSON
We are underway in the first semi-final.
1300 - HELLO AND WELCOME!
Thanks for joining out live coverage of the German Masters semi-finals. We begin this afternoon with coverage of the first last-four clash with Kyren Wilson meeting Si Jiahui
CRAIGIE TOPPLES DEFENDING CHAMPION CARTER TO BOOK MAIDEN SEMI-FINAL SPOT
Sam Craigie booked his place in the first semi-final of his career, and sent defending champion Ali Carter crashing out of the German Masters in the process.
On the back of his run to the final of the Masters, Carter had high hopes of winning the tournament for the third time in his career.
But he was never given a sniff of a chance, as Craigie dominated from the outset and played rock-solid snooker to power into the last four courtesy of a 5-1 win.
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