Trump sets up Saudi semi-final with Murphy

Judd Trump will play Shaun Murphy successful nan semi-finals of nan inaugural Saudi Arabia Masters.

World number 1 Trump hit Australian Neil Robertson 6-3 successful their quarter-final successful Riyadh connected Thursday.

Trump surged to a 3-0 lead, making a break of 100 successful nan 3rd framework for his 997th profession century, earlier Robertson pegged nan advantage backmost to 4-3.

But successful nan extremity Bristol-born Trump won done arsenic nan situation from his chap erstwhile world champion faded.

Trump's chap Englishman Murphy went done pinch a 6-2 triumph complete China's Xiao Guodong, albeit making only 1 half-century break - a 61 successful nan eighth frame.

Seven-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan plays Si Jiahui and England's Jimmy Robertson takes connected Wales' Mark Williams successful nan 2 different quarter-finals later connected Thursday.

The motorboat of nan Saudi Arabia Masters has made it nan astir lucrative tourney successful snooker aft nan World Championship.

Organisers are calling it nan unofficial 'fourth major' - pursuing nan World Championship, Masters and UK Championship - arsenic it offers a £2.3m prize money pinch £500,000 going to nan winner.