Judd Trump exits World Snooker Championship quarter-finals as Jak Jones pulls off Crucible shock; Welsh qualifier Jones will play either Ronnie O’Sullivan or Stuart Bingham in the quarter-finals; Trump was one of the tournament favorites after winning five ranking titles in the 2023-24 season
Last updated: 05/01/24 12:55 p.m
Judd Trump was beaten by Jak Jones in the World Cup
Judd Trump has been eliminated from the World Snooker Championships as Jak Jones reached the semi-finals with an earthquake.
Welsh qualifier Jones secured a last-four clash with either seven-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan or 2015 winner Stuart Bingham after a 13-9 win over the unhinged Trump.
Trump has won five ranking events this season and reached two more finals, but was well below his best when the players returned to action at 8-8 on Wednesday morning as Jones reached his first ranking semifinal, breaking 116 As he secured victory, he toasted the greatest triumph of his career.
Trump, the 2019 champion, recorded the highest break of just 22 in the first half of the session as his opponent built a two-frame cushion at 11-9 after splitting the first two frames.
The third seed then inexplicably missed two routine yellows en route to losing the 21st frame, with Jones pounced to go one ahead of victory, before Trump went out of bounds and Jones in during a break in the next frame scored a decisive century.
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Jones reached the quarter-finals on his debut in Sheffield 12 months ago before losing to Mark Allen, with the legendary venue seemingly getting the best out of the 33-year-old.
He has only reached the quarterfinals of one other non-World Championship event – the 2020/21 English Open – and had only progressed past the second round once this season.
Jones defeated 11th-ranked Zhang Anda and 2023 semifinalist Si Jiahui to reach the last eight this year.
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