Judd Trump blasts 368 uninterrupted points to reach Masters semi-finals and set new snooker record
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The world No 1 produced a near-flawless session of snooker to knock out Ding Junhui and take his season’s total prize money to nearly £1.3m. Ding Junhui slumped in his chair in the corner of the rink, hands clasped together on his lap and eyes transfixed on the floor, like a man who’d just been given bad news. The score hardly suggested a crisis, at 3-3 in this Masters quarter-final with Judd Trump in a race to six. But the momentum had swung so violently over the past 15 minutes that it was as if Ding had been punched in the gut, the air sucked out of him, and he just wanted to melt under Alexandra Palace’s bright lights.
![[Judd Trump salutes the crowd after beating Ding Junhui in the quarter-finals]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/17/17/48/2025-Johnstones-Paint-Masters-Day-Six-Alexandra-Palace-9qbx0uqe.jpeg)
A puddle on the floor might have been more effective in interrupting Trump’s flow. The world No 1 won the next three frames without conceding a point, hitting breaks of 125, 62 and 75, racking up 368 points without reply. Trump finished the match with 95 per cent pot success, 91 per cent long pot success and 80 per cent safety success. Ding had only missed a few balls all afternoon, but that was enough for a comprehensive 6-3 defeat.
![[Trump was peerless in the final five frames]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/17/17/10/2025-Johnstones-Paint-Masters-Day-Six-Alexandra-Palace-3qfweieq.jpeg)
“I made a few mistakes and I take a lot of punishment,” Ding said. “He played very well today. You can’t make those mistakes against Judd Trump.”. Victory sent Trump through to his seventh semi-final of a season which is blooming into one of the greatest single years by any player. Trump is the favourite here to add another title to wins at the Shanghai Masters, Saudi Arabia Masters and UK Championship, and in reaching the semis he has already set a new record for the most prize money earned in a single season – nearly £1.3m – with four months still to go until the World Championship.
![[Ding couldn't find a response to Trump's onslaught]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/17/17/39/2025-Johnstones-Paint-Masters-Day-Six-Alexandra-Palace-umeoq518.jpeg)
