Trump secures semi-final spot

Judd Trump produced an impressive display to see off crowd favourite Ronnie O'Sullivan and reach the semi-finals of the BGC Masters at Alexandra Palace.

Trump, the game's rising star and reigning UK champion, raced into a 4-0 lead at the mid-session interval in the best-of-11 encounter.

Although O'Sullivan looked better after the resumption - hitting a tournament-best break of 141 - Trump always had plenty in reserve and picked up the remaining frames required for a 6-2 victory.

His century break aside, four-time champion O'Sullivan failed to live up to the promise of his first-round win over reigning champion Ding Junhui, while Trump impressed again and will now face either Neil Robertson or Mark Williams in the final four.

The match got off to a scrappy start with neither player able to find their rhythm, but the frame eventually went the way of Trump with a 39.

O'Sullivan's safety play let him down in the next to open the way for Trump to rattle off an assured break that broke down at 66. O'Sullivan attempted to play on but a missed red resulted in Trump moving 2-0 ahead.

O'Sullivan made 49 in the third but his attempted safety was not aggressive enough and Trump needed no second invitation to surge back into the frame, a 78 clearance further extending his lead.

And Trump picked up where he left off in the next, a brilliant break of 140 - at the time the highest of the tournament - handing him a 4-0 lead.

O'Sullivan finally got off the mark with a 67 in the first frame after the break, but Trump responded in the next, three modest breaks putting him in charge before he closed it out to move within one frame of victory.

O'Sullivan delayed Trump's celebrations with a supreme break of 141 to stay alive at 5-2. The 36-year-old then looked like he might pull back another frame with a break of 54, but Trump was able to clear up and book his place in the semis.