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UK Championship 2020 snooker LIVE - Trump beats Wilson 6-4 to reach the semi-finals

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ByEurosport

Updated 04/12/2020 at 23:34 GMT

UK Championship 2020 LIVE - Just a day after Judd Trump's victory at the Northern Ireland Open, the UK Championship got underway in Milton Keynes. Now in the quarter-finals, Mark Selby takes on Neil Robertson in the highlight of the afternoon session, while Judd Trump follows in the evening against Kyren Wilson.

Judd Trump

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That'll be us for the live coverage tonight. Join us again tomorrow from 12.45pm for the semi-finals, which will be as follows:
Neil Robertson vs. Zhou Yuelong (1pm)
Judd Trump vs. Joe Perry/Lu Ning (7pm)

Judd Trump is through to the semi-finals

In the first half an hour of tonight's match it looked like Trump might obliterate Wilson, going 3-0 ahead with some spectacular, one-visit snooker. It might have started with a fluke, but Wilson deserves credit for then fighting back to 3-3 and then 4-4 to leave this quarter-final in the balance. Trump then relocated his best form in the last two frames, with breaks of 71, 63 and 55 pulling him away from a determined opponent. That's why he's the best player in the world, and why he's the favourite to win the second UK Championship of his career this weekend.
In the other match tonight, Lu Ning and Joe Perry are locked at 4-4. The winner will face Trump in the semi-finals tomorrow.

Trump 6-4 Wilson

The frame ball red goes, followed by everything else at blinding speed and power as Trump lets his arm go with the match secured. It's a break of 55, and Trump is into the last four.

Trump 5-4 Wilson (63-5)

Wilson floats in a lovely thin cut on a red to the bottom left, and then takes a brown which ensures he can still win the frame by a point. That leaves him a difficult thin cut on the red just above the black to keep going and make the black available...but he's left it hanging in the jaws! That's this one over, Trump will be going through to the semi-finals.

Trump 5-4 Wilson (63-0)

Trump senses the end, and he's going for it. He needs all the help from the jaws of the bottom right to swallow a pink to get to 57, and his next red plus a blue have left him a mid-range cut on a red to bottom left as frame ball after the white inadvertently hits the green again. Trump lines it up...and he's missed it, not even troubling the jaws. That's end of break on 63, with 67 left on the table.

Trump 5-4 Wilson (31-0)

After an attempt to split the pack, Trump finishes low on the blue and has to go in and out of baulk to keep the break going. He thuds into the green on his way, leaving himself a mid-range red to the bottom left to keep it going...and he makes it to stun around the angles and land straight on the blue to right middle. That could well win him the match.

Trump 5-4 Wilson (18-0)

Trump drills in a long red into the bottom right at the start of the tenth, followed by a brown into the yellow pocket to come back down the table. He advances the break to 18, but it's going to get tricky unless he can move the red that's currently keeping the black from going into either corner pocket.

Trump 5-4 Wilson

Wilson picks off red, black and then yellow, before landing Trump right in behind the blue to snooker him on the green.Trump escapes though, after which Wilson pots the green before trying to lay a snooker on the brown. In doing so though he leaves a thin cut on the brown to the yellow pocket, and Trump clips it in. That's the frame, and he's back in front.
On the other table, Joe Perry now leads Lu Ning 4-3.

Trump 4-4 Wilson (71-29)

This is merciless from Trump, who gets to 63 before dropping in behind the second last red and rolling it into the left middle. That leaves Wilson needing snookers; what a superb break from the world number one. It ends on 71, so Wilson requires two snookers here.

Trump 4-4 Wilson (31-29)

Judd's in, and evidently not in the mood to go to bed tonight wondering. He splits the reds early and well, and he quickly moves ahead in the frame. We've got six reds left here, and they're nicely spaced out for a clearance.

Trump 4-4 Wilson (0-29)

Wilson tags in the first red of the ninth before welding the white in behind the green. Trump tries a four cushion escape but its well short of pace, and he's left Wilson an easy starter to the bottom left. That goes, followed by an excellent pink to the bottom right after Wilson had left the white near the left rail. He's in position now, and up to 20 with four open reds to work with. Yet just as he's looking like he might take the lead for the first time tonight, he misses a blue to the green pocket! What a crucial miss that could be.

Trump 4-4 Wilson

A one visit frame from Wilson, as his 88 pulls him level again. This is wonderfully tense snooker from two outstanding players.

Trump 4-3 Wilson (0-73)

Wilson is fully focused here, while Trump rubs his brow while sat in his chair. The frame is now secure and with a century looking possible. It's best of three now.

Trump 4-3 Wilson (0-51)

On 39 Wilson's left himself a super thin pink to right middle. He's leaving the frame on for Trump if he misses as he's going into the remaining cluster of reds, but he drops it in superbly. This is his to lose now, and another red with a blue takes him to a half-century.

Trump 4-3 Wilson (0-23)

Trump misses a red to bottom right at the start of the eighth, after which Wilson replies by drilling a mid-range red into the bottom left to land on the blue. Wilson's temperament is so impressive and he's calmly up to 23 here, potting one red with heavy topspin that sends the white ploughing through the reds at the bottom of the pack to split them open and land on the black. That's a magnificent shot.
In other news, Lu Ning and Joe Perry are locked at 3-3 in our other quarter-final.

Trump 4-3 Wilson

There he is! Trump regains his touch with a lovely, deadweight red to the right middle to close the book on this frame. A quick 26 and he's back in front.

Trump 3-3 Wilson (53-9)

Trump is struggling here. He makes 24, but in trying to kaboom a red into the right middle he slightly catches the near jaw and the red launches out of the pocket and back onto the table. Wilson hasn't been left a pot though, and plays a terrible safety that leaves Trump an easy cut into the bottom left. It's been hard work, but surely he'll put this away now. He adds 12, then the pink, and Wilson now needs a snooker.

Trump 3-3 Wilson (24-9)

Only seven for Trump, as he severely overcuts a blue to the right middle. He'll get another chance though; Wilson throws the cue at a red to the bottom right, misses, and splatters the remaining reds everywhere. Trump won't get a better look than this to re-establish his rhythm.

Trump 3-3 Wilson (4-9)

Trump sticks a red up over the left middle, which Wilson clubs in followed by a difficult yellow and an even tougher red to the right middle, both requiring a lot of mileage around the angles from the cue ball. A green to the yellow pocket then brings him down to the reds. There's a lot to do to develop this into a chance but he's going for it; he plays a cannon into a group of reds near the pink, but then misses a long pink to the yellow pocket. Trump's back in, and has a chance to put the brakes on Wilson's charge here.

Trump 3-3 Wilson (4-1)

Wilson's fluke in the fourth frame has some enormity attached to it now. Without that he looked certain to go 4-0 behind, but he's been able to use it is the springboard to draw level. He's away again first in the seventh too, dropping a red into the bottom left, but leaves Trump a free ball when he fouls trying to drop safely on the yellow. That leaves Trump a free ball, but he misses the yellow to the right middle. He's gone right off the boil here; we've got a best of five and all of the momentum is currently with Wilson.

Trump 3-3 Wilson

As the excitable exclaim, parity! Another pink and red follow and, when Wilson then misses a pink to the left middle, Trump concedes the frame when needing two snookers. Well raise my rent. Wilson is level!

Trump 3-2 Wilson (6-57)

This is some reply from WIlson, who gets his first half-century of the evening here and has the frame at his mercy now. Trump might have potted the best ball of the frame, but Wilson looks a good bet to win it and draw level here. One good recovery pot after leaving himself a more difficult red to the bottom right than planned has left it looking nailed on now.

Trump 3-2 Wilson (6-22)

Trump drops in a long red at the start of the sixth, before a stunning blue with deep screw into the yellow pocket sends the white spinning off the upper right rail just above the blue pocket before curving violently back down the table. Oh my! That was a distant cousin of a similar shot on the same ball by Alex Higgins, in his famous 69 break against Jimmy White at The Crucible in 1982. Trump, however, won't be making more than six as he then misses a red to the left middle. Wilson comes straight back at him, doubling a red to land on the green, which he then rolls in to go down for the reds. He's off here, and there are a lot of points out there in the open right now.

Trump 3-2 Wilson

Wilson snookers Trump full ball on the yellow; he escapes, but he's left Wilson a shot at the yellow to the bottom left. He drops it in comfortably, and lands perfectly on the green. He fully committed there, and might reap the rewards now. Wilson takes green and brown too, before negotiating a tricky blue to pink and pink to black to bring the winning line in view. The black goes, and he's nicked the frame! After being hammered for the opening half an hour, he trails by only one frame. This is a great show of moxie from The Warrior.

Trump 3-1 Wilson (45-30)

Trump takes the red followed by the brown, and then plays the yellow safe. We're down to the colours then, and in the context of this match these are huge.
Elsewhere, Lu Ning has taken a 3-1 lead over Joe Perry.

Trump 3-1 Wilson (40-30)

Only 29 for Trump as he misses a cut on a short red to the bottom right. This is a big visit for Wilson, who has five reds left to play for, two of which are just below either middle pocket at tight angles. He can only add 16 though before running out of position on the second to last red, which Trump then thumps into the bottom left after Wilson had played safe. The blue follows, and he lands perfectly behind the last red but can only jaw it in and out of the green pocket. That leaves a thin cut for Wilson who gets closer but leaves it hanging in the jaws. The frame is here for Trump now, if he can get on the difficult yellow which is tight to the upper left rail.

Trump 3-1 Wilson (28-14)

Trump thin cuts a red but no more, and then draws four from Wilson from a snooker. More safety follows, before Trump drops a red into the left middle from off the bottom cushion. He's got a good chance here; the reds are spread all over but they are in the open, so there's a heavy visit on the cards here. The break is at 23 and counting.

Trump 3-1 Wilson (0-14)

Wilson has the first chance of the fifth, a long red into the bottom right, and he middles it right into the pocket. He can't follow it up with a tricky yellow to its own pocket with the rest though, and we're into a safety exchange. Wilson gets the next chance after Trump leaves him a red to the right middle, and in at goes followed by a round-the-angles blue to land on a red to the bottom right. If he can get the black back on its spot soon, this is a decent chance. He does, though on 13 though he misses a black off its spot; he's not left anything, but that could be a telling miss.

Trump 3-1 Wilson

Wilson's 43 gets him on the board as we head to the mid-session interval.
In our other match tonight, Lu Ning is 2-0 up on Joe Perry. See you in 15 minutes.

Trump 3-0 Wilson (17-59)

The second to last red followed by the black lurch Wilson over the winning line for a potentially vital frame before the interval. He's been annihilated for the best part of an hour, but he'll be getting out of this at the break at only 3-1 down.

Trump 3-0 Wilson (17-23)

Wilson escapes from Trump snooker, but leaves him a red near the bottom cushion into the bottom right. A few shots later Trump dispatches the black with the rest, and said ball is then relocated to the pink spot. It looks ominous for Wilson but Trump overscrews again and fails to land on a red. That's careless. He plays safe, from which Wilson then scores another outrageous fluke when he makes an utter mess of his own safety and sends a red in and out of baulk and into the bottom left. What a touch; he'd left Trump everything there, and now it's all his instead.

Trump 3-0 Wilson (1-23)

Wilson gets a couple of more reds in but no colour with them. This table has now gone a bit awkward, but there are reds everywhere - if blocking each other - and the black is right over the green pocket for whoever gets in next. It's Trump that gets it, a brilliant straight mid-ranger with deep screw, but he gets into it so much that he goes past the line of the cut on the black and has to play safe. Trump's cue power is overwhelming sometimes, even for him.

Trump 3-0 Wilson (0-21)

Wilson gets a badly needed touch of luck here, as he flukes a plant into the bottom right after Trump had him in all kinds of bother behind the brown in baulk. A nerveless, deadweight pink across the table and into the left middle follows, and he's away here. Just as he looks set to return fire with a hefty visit of his own, Wilson runs straight behind a red on the right side of the table and loses position. That's end of break, and he plays safe back to baulk. Disappointing, but he soon pots another red as a shot to nothing before trapping Trump behind the green. He might be best known as an audacious potter, but Trump's all-round game is so good these days; he fashions a brilliant escape, playing the white off two cushions with side to clip a red and land the white back near the top cushion.

Dominic Dale on Trump

While we wait for Wilson to return to the arena, The Spaceman in co-comms suggests that we haven't seen a potter as flamboyant as Trump apart from perhaps Alex Higgins in his pomp. He's got a point.

Trump 3-0 Wilson

It's another century for Trump as the final black takes him to 104, followed by a brilliant long yellow before he misses a wafer thin cut on the green to right middle. This is an evisceration so far, Trump has been incredible.

Trump 2-0 Wilson (66-0)

The tenth red goes down and that leaves Wilson, who looks stunned by this, needing a snooker. Stunning. The freewheeling abandon of this break has been something to behold.

Trump 2-0 Wilson (50-0)

A black takes Trump to another half-century; this is imperious, even by his standards. We've barely played half an hour and he could be halfway to the final in a few shots' time.

Trump 2-0 Wilson (23-0)

He's off again! Trump plugs a red into the bottom left to start the third, followed by a sensational pink to left middle with deep screw that goes right across the table, off the right rail and in behind a loose red to the right middle. What. A. Shot. He soon splits the pack too, and then drops in a deadweight red to the bottom left to land on the pink. He's not so much flown out of the traps here as broken the sound barrier out of them.

Trump 2-0 Wilson

This is an awesome start from Judd, who clears up to the pink for 102 and the frame.

Trump 1-0 Wilson (60-19)

Trump gets to 60 in rapid style. One more red and a colour will sort the frame and he gets both, with the blue stunned into the right middle to secure the points required. He'll have a two frame lead shortly.

Trump 1-0 Wilson (26-19)

Wilson misses a long red to the bottom left and sticks it up over the yellow pocket for Trump. There’s a spread on here for Trump, and if he can get the black back on its spot in the next few shots, he’s in business. A red followed by the pink takes him to 26, and he’s looking good here.

Trump 1-0 Wilson (0-19)

Over to you then, Kyren. Trump misses a long red to the bottom right and leaves a thin cut to the right middle for Wilson, who duly converts it. Already you feel like Wilson needs to stay with Trump here, and he’s ticking along ok on this break. He then scores an outrageous fluke on the blue, rolling it out off both knuckles of the left middle at speed and dumping it straight into the opposite pocket! It’s end of break on 19 though, because he’s lost position and will have to put the white safe.

Trump 1-0 Wilson

Trump carelessly misses a black off its spot, but his 73 is enough to secure the first frame.

Trump 0-0 Wilson (72-0)

On 52 Trump opens the remaining reds and the split is perfect to go on and win the frame. The ninth red takes him to 67, followed by the blue which puts the frame safe. A brilliant start from the world number one.

Trump 0-0 Wilson (46-0)

Wilson goes so close to potting the first red, tagging it to the bottom left but rattling it in the jaws and leaving it there for Trump. He's up to 24 with three reds and three blacks to start, before bridging over the pack to drop in another after an early attempt to go into the pack leaves him slightly hampered. The half-century is close already, what a cracking pace Trump's setting here.

Here we go!

Our MC Rob Walker is about to bring the players into the Marshall Arena. Best of 11 for a place in the semi-finals then, let's get about it.

You again

Wilson has the edge in this rivalry, with nine wins to Trump's seven, and this is the seventh time the two have faced each other in 2020. What the rivalry no longer has in enmity, it has in intrigue; this is the most absorbing contest in the game today.

The beef

The actual row between these two, rooted in Wilson saying he wanted it more when he beat Trump 6-1 in the Champion of Champions in 2018, has long been sorted out; what remains is a burning desire for one to beat the other and vice versa. That indirect criticism by Wilson seems have sparked Trump to be the player he always could be - since then he has won the world title, the Masters and seven other ranking titles, becoming the runaway world number one in the process. Wilson, though, is the coming player; he beat Judd at The Crucible in August and went on to reach the world final against Ronnie O'Sullivan. He's been a Masters finalist too, and is surely zoning in on winning a Triple Crown title in the not to distant. That, when all's said and done, is what tonight is about; the guy at the top, and the guy who wants to get there.

Good evening!

Eyes down for the evening session of the quarter-finals of the UK Championship. We had two crackers earlier today; Neil Robertson outclassed Mark Selby 6-2 while Zhou Yuelong edged Jack Lisowski 6-4, reaching his first ranking event semi-final in the process. Here’s what we’ve got for you tonight – our featured match, in bold, needs very little selling:
Judd Trump vs. Kyren Wilson
Lu Ning vs. Joe Perry

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We'll be back at 6.45pm this evening, where our featured match will be Judd Trump versus Kyren Wilson. Ah, those two again, excellent. We'll also keep you tuned in to the match between Lu Ning and Joe Perry. Thanks again, and see you for the bonhomie this evening.

Neil Robertson is through to the semi-finals

That was some performance from The Thunder, who has simply swatted aside Mark Selby here with some canny safety play and sustained heavy scoring. Two centuries and three other fifty plus visits secured a resounding victory, and he's in great touch as we go into the final weekend of the UK Championship. Robertson will face the winner of Zhou Yuelong and Jack Lisowski, which is in the tenth frame with Zhou leading 5-4 - Zhou would hold his nerve to secure his spot in a first-ever Triple Crown semi-final.

Robertson 6-2 Selby

Robertson signs off in style, clearing the lot for a brilliant 130 to take frame and match.

Robertson 5-2 Selby (66-0)

A red to right middle takes Robertson to 66 with 59 remaining. He's seen this out superbly since Selby came back to 3-2.

Robertson 5-2 Selby (52-0)

It's not been easy for Robertson as repeated attempts to split the pack aren't going to plan, but a superb recovery pot on a red to bottom left gets him on the blue. He rolls that in for his half-century and he's on another red to the right middle. It's a bit loose, this, but they're going in and he's almost there now.

Robertson 5-2 Selby (30-0)

What a shot this is from Robertson, digging into the white from under the top cushion to send a red right into the centre of the bottom right and landing on the black to the same pocket. That's stunning. He makes a rapid 29, but can only lightly glance the pack when trying to split them off two cushions when potting the blue. That's unlucky, but he very quickly retrieves the situation by floating a red into the bottom left while using the rest.

Robertson 5-2 Selby

Robertson is purring now, sailing post the winning post and securing the seventh frame with a break of 91.
Jack Lisowski has pulled a frame back against Zhou Yuelong, he now trails 5-3.

Robertson 4-2 Selby (56-21)

A black takes Robertson to 42 as he gently breaks open the pack of reds below the pink, and the split is very favourable indeed. He then secures a half century, and two more reds will leave Selby needing a snooker.

Robertson 4-2 Selby (27-21)

Robertson's in now, firing in a red to the bottom right that just goes by the pink and needs the jaws to help dunk it. this is a good chance if he can clear the reds around the black spot and re-spot the landlord of that space accordingly...and he has, as his break moves on to 27. There's a pack of six reds below the pink that he'll need to address soon, but this is a good chance now.

Robertson 4-2 Selby (0-21)

Selby's in first in the seventh, hosing a red into the bottom right to come back up for the blue. There's plenty left in this match, and he won't be going quietly I'll wager. He can only make 21 here though before an attempt to split the pack goes wrong and leaves the white in the jaws of the bottom left, forcing him to play safe back to baulk.

Robertson 4-2 Selby

The yellow, green and brown are enough for the frame, but Robertson mops up the lot for 56 and a potentially crucial steal to restore his lead to two frames.

Robertson 3-2 Selby (50-40)

What a riposte from Robertson, who clubs in a long red to the bottom right and lands on the blue. The remaining three reds are on to the right of the black, and there's a real chance now to pinch this one. They all go with colours, and he's on a break of 29 as he heads up for the yellow...

Robertson 3-2 Selby (21-40)

Selby's break goes to 39, and it'll end there after he tries a cannon on the black but hits an adjacent red instead, cutting off the potting angle to his next red. That was a poor shot, and he needs every millimetre of his cue extension and the extended rest to play the white safe back to baulk.
In our other match, Zhou Yuelong now leads Jack Lisowski 5-2.

Robertson 3-2 Selby (21-1)

After a prolonged safety exchange Robertson picks out a long red to the bottom right, and he's on the blue. It's an awkward table, with a swarm of reds covering the black around its spot. It's hard work, but he picks off 21 using the pink and blue as his colours. In trying to split the reds using the blue and going off two cushions, he misses the pot and spreads the reds apart for his opponent instead. The black is still tied up, but that could be costly.

Robertson 3-2 Selby (0-1)

The momentum is really with Selby now. He bridges awkwardly over the pack to cut a red into the bottom right, before tucking Robertson in tight behind the green. Although he went on to win the frame, missing that black in the third seems to have thrown Robertson off a little and Selby has control of the table.

Robertson 3-2 Selby

This one's going in the books as Selby strokes in the next red to the bottom left. He clears up everything left for a break of 59, and he now trails by one.
On the other table, Zhou Yuelong has extended his lead to 4-1 over Jack Lisowski.

Robertson 3-1 Selby (0-67)

A black takes Selby to a half-century, and he's soon 67 ahead with 67 remaining. His second plant of the frame will be enough to secure it, but as it's just offline he has to try and manufacture the angle and he's rattled it in the jaws. Robertson's still in this, but he needs all five reds with blacks to force a re-spot.

Robertson 3-1 Selby (0-14)

We're underway again, and both players miss early sighters at reds in the fifth. Selby then works out an audacious plant to get in first, followed by the brown, and he's right in position early in this frame.

Robertson 3-1 Selby

An additional 40 secures the frame for Selby.
Over on the other table, Zhou Yuelong leads Jack Lisowski 3-1. We'll be back in 15 minutes.

Robertson 3-0 Selby (4-70)

Robertson's still in this, as Selby makes a hash of a positional shot in and out of baulk after potting the blue, and ends up tight next to his intended red. It doesn't look like it will matter though, as a poor safety leaves Selby a cut on a red to the left middle and down it goes. Selby quickly gets over the winning line in this frame and will be two behind at the interval.

Robertson 3-0 Selby (4-46)

It's four to Robertson as Selby accidentally pots the brown. He then forces another mistake from Selby in the safety exchange, but can't drop in the red to left middle that Selby leaves him a view of. Finally, it's Selby that draws a mistake from Robertson, who catches a red on his way back to baulk and leaves Selby on one to the left middle. Chance.

Robertson 3-0 Selby (0-46)

Selby gets to 46, but he's lost the white when potting a red and trying to power through the pack, leaving himself tight to the top cushion. He has no option other than to play safe off the yellow. It was a good knock, but he'll be frustrated that he didn't clinch the frame in one hit there.

Robertson 3-0 Selby (0-24)

After a re-rack early in the fourth frame we're away again. Selby gets the first chance as Robertson hits the yellow off a safety to leave a red to the bottom left, which is duly dispatched. The white lands nicely on the black, and Selby's got his first chance here to compile a meaningful break. Three reds and three blacks go, and a nice split on the pack has turned this into a great opportunity to make a frame-winning contribution.

Robertson 3-0 Selby

Selby can only add a red and a blue initially, but at least he's got some balls down now. Eventually though he leaves Robertson a chance at a thin cut on a red to the left middle, and in it goes to leave him straight on the pink. Robertson dispatches that as well, and when he misses the next red Selby concedes. That missed black wasn't costly after all; it's a three frame lead for Robertson.

Robertson 2-0 Selby (63-0)

Well now, how big is this? Robertson misses the frame ball black off its spot; it looked such a certainty that whoever is in charge of the applause button gave it a wallop too hastily. Selby finally gets a chance in the match, but my oh my it's a tough one. There's 67 left on but with two reds out of commission on the left rail.

Robertson 2-0 Selby (40-0)

A couple of key shots here. Robertson dumps a red into the bottom right and shifts a cluster near the pink spot into better positions. It's left him high on the black though, but it's a nice one for a leftie and he thin cuts it superbly into the bottom right to land on his next red and keep this break going. Ominous stuff from Robertson, who looks like going three up here. As yet, Selby hasn't registered even one solitary point.

Robertson 2-0 Selby (24-0)

Robertson has got Selby on the back foot in a safety exchange again at the start of the third here. Selby can only play a containing safety by trying to put the white in behind the black, but he leaves Robertson a red to left middle and it soon disappears. Robertson is quickly about his work, and up to 24 here with a few loose reds to play off before he needs to open the remaining pack.

Robertson 2-0 Selby

A red right down the left rail goes without troubling the jaws, and the first century of the match is soon sorted. Robertson dishes up everything left on the table for a 121, and he's two frames ahead. This has been an awesome start from him.
In other news, Jack Lisowski and Zhou Yuelong are level at 1-1.

Robertson 1-0 Selby (71-0)

A pink takes Robertson to another half-century, he's started so well here. Two more reds with colours and he'll have banked another one...and there they go, with a pink and a black. What a start from The Thunder.

Robertson 1-0 Selby (20-0)

Robertson is outdoing Selby in the safety department so far, and after a long exchange here forces another error when Selby leaves him a short jab at a mid-range red to the bottom right. That goes, and Robertson is soon down in the bottom half of the table he pots the loose black to the bottom left to get it relocated to its spot. This is a decent chance to pick off another frame in one hit.

Robertson 1-0 Selby (6-0)

This is being controlled by Robertson thus far, as he drops in another shot to nothing to the bottom left and then leaves Selby tight in behind the brown. That's forced an error from Selby, and it's a bad one; his three cushion escape misses the reds and leaves Robertson plum on a red just above the black. Another overhit pot leaves Robertson awkward in baulk and without an easy colour to go at, so this time Selby comes back to the table to find himself right in behind the yellow.

Robertson 1-0 Selby

Robertson rattles the final red in the jaws of the bottom right and leaves it there, but no matter; a break of 75 puts him into the lead in the match.

Robertson 0-0 Selby (66-0)

Six reds and six blacks taken Robertson to the brink of the winning line, and the next red to bottom right puts him over it. The blue follows for a half-century, and that's the first frame in the bank.

Robertson 0-0 Selby (24-0)

It's eight more for Robertson as Selby tries to tag a red off two cushions and land back in baulk, but misses both times. As Selby can see another red full he'll forfeit the frame if he missed the same shot again, so tries a containing safety down the right hand side of the table instead. That leaves Robertson a thin cut on a red to bottom left, which he makes, but again he can't land on a baulk colour and nudges in behind the green instead. Selby's deadweight escape leaves Robertson a straight red to the bottom right, which he jabs in and ifnally converts a colour when he cuts the black into the same pocket. This is now the first real scoring chance of the match.

Robertson 0-0 Selby (7-0)

Robertson drains the first two reds of the day, both long ones to the bottom left that fail to provide decent position on a colour. He also picks up four when Selby misses a thin contact on a safety, and then drops in a third red to the bottom left soon after. Again, though, he can't find position as a potential black to bottom right is hampered by having to cue awkwardly over another red. Robertson plays safe instead; cagey stuff so far.

Right then

Let's have it. Our MC Rob Walker has combined boys with baize, and we're off. It's best of 11 for a place in tomorrow's semi-finals.

Lest we forget

There's another quarter-final on today too, as Jack Lisowski takes on Zhou Yuelong on the other table. Neither player has been this far in a Triple Crown event before, what an opportunity for them both. We'll keep you up to speed on what happens in that one.

I don’t want to get your hopes up…

…but get your hopes up. These two have had some legendary tussles in their careers, no more so than an astonishing Tour Championship final in 2019 that Robertson nicked 9-8. There were five centuries in that match, and six half-centuries. You want something more recent? Selby turned Robertson over 13-7 in another heavy-scoring match at The Crucible in August, and just seven weeks ago Robertson edged Selby 6-5 in a brilliant semi-final at the English Open. You should be rubbing your hands here, and not just because its bitterly cold right now.

The Thunder

What a roadblock he’s got in his way though. Neil Robertson has the Triple Crown scouts badge sewn onto his waistcoat too; he was the world champion in 2010, the Masters winner in 2012 and then picked up a couple of UK’s for good measure in 2013 and 2015. It’s been a while since he landed a big one, something he’ll be anxious to sort this weekend.

The Jester

He’s won three world titles, he’s won three Masters titles, and now he’s chasing a hat-trick in the UK Championship. Mark Selby has won previously won this title in 2012 and 2016 and would complete the set of Triple Crown trebles if he goes on to win on Sunday.

Good afternoon!

Welcome to live coverage of the quarter-finals of the UK Championship from the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. It’s cold outside, so brew up and settle in for an afternoon of snooker that is rich in promise. Our featured match from 1pm onwards is an absolute belter.

Today's action

Join us for our comprehensive live updates from 12.45pm for the quarter-finals of the UK Championship.
The draw is as follows, with the featured matches in bold:
Jack Lisowski vs. Zhou Yuelong (1pm)
Mark Selby vs. Neil Robertson (1pm)
Judd Trump vs. Kyren Wilson (7pm)
Lu Ning vs. Joe Perry (7pm)
That's some menu; join us shortly.

Fourth-round recap

World number one Judd Trump beat Ricky Walden in the fourth round of the UK Championship. Two breaks of 50-plus helped him assert his dominance over his fellow Englishman before Walden came back. Trump will meet Kyren Wilson, a convincing winner over Graeme Dott, in the last eight in Milton Keynes.
Wilson produced an exceptional display of long-potting to reach the last eight after a 6-1 win over Graeme Dott in the evening session at the UK Championship.
Mark Selby was in impressive form as he won 6-3 against Barry Hawkins to set up a meeting with Neil Robertson in the quarter-finals. Selby also hit the 'shot of the tournament' in the victory. Elsewhere Joe Perry also advanced with a 6-3 win over Jak Jones.
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'What a humdinger!' - Unbelievable Trump shot astounds commentator

What is the format?

All matches are the best of 11 frames until the final which is contested over the best of 19 frames on Sunday, 6 December.
The UK Championship – part of snooker's Triple Crown series – was due to be held at the York Barbican, but due to the global health pandemic, all remaining World Snooker Tour events in 2020 – including the Northern Ireland Open, UK Championship, Scottish Open and World Grand Prix – will continue to be staged behind closed doors at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes.

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