Williams sets up Saudi Masters final with Trump

Mark Williams will look world number 1 Judd Trump successful Saturday's last of nan inaugural Saudi Arabia Masters.

Welshman Williams overcame China's Si Jiahui 6-3 successful their semi-final aft England's Trump edged his compatriot Shaun Murphy 6-5.

Jiahui, who knocked retired Ronnie O'Sullivan successful nan quarter-final, took an early lead aft an awesome break of 116 earlier Williams took power by winning nan adjacent 4 frames.

Jiahui pulled 1 backmost but Williams, 49, moved to wrong 1 framework of nan last aft taking nan seventh.

His 22-year-old force battled connected and fired an fantabulous break of 136 to trim nan shortage to 5-3 but it proved to beryllium successful vain arsenic Williams closed retired nan lucifer successful nan pursuing frame.

Earlier connected Friday, Trump survived a nervy final-frame decider to scope nan first ever last of a ranking arena successful Saudi Arabia.

Trump, 35, made breaks of 67 and 72 to unfastened up a 3-0 lead but Murphy pulled 1 backmost earlier nan interval.

The brace exchanged nan adjacent 4 frames arsenic Trump took a 5-3 lead, but Murphy past made breaks of 78 and 60 successful consecutive frames to tie level and group up a decider.

The tense finale came down to nan green, which Trump despatched, followed by nan brownish to time off Murphy needing 2 snookers.

The 42-year-old successfully snookered Trump once, but yet fell short arsenic nan second reached his 46th ranking arena final.

Saturday's winning prize of £500,000 intends nan last is nan astir lucrative lucifer successful snooker extracurricular of nan World Championship.