Tour championship: Judd Trump loses against Barry Hawkins in the quarterfinals
The world number one Judd Trump is out of the Tour championship following a 10-5 quarter-final defeat by Barry Hawkins in Manchester.
Trump started well, taking an advantage 2-1 before Hawkins won the next six frames to navigate in front.
Trump pulled one back with a break of 103 but could not stop Hawkins’ momentum, without neither players having put back-to-back frames together.
The 45 -year -old Hawkins triumphed with breaks of 121 and 81 to conclude a superb victory.
The victory continues a nice form of form for English Hawkins after beating Shaun Murphy 10-1 to reach the last eight.
“I’m just trying to focus on what I do that makes me play well,” he said.
“I am in seventh heaven. It was not the same performance against Shaun, but I still felt like I was solid enough.
“I took most of my possibilities when they arrived- it is not easy to beat the number one world.”
Hawkins will interpret John Higgins or Xiao Chinese Guadong for a place in the final.
Higgins has an advantage of 5-3 during the night thanks to the three century breaks, including 137 and 126 to claim the last two frames of the first session.
On the other side of the draw, Mark Selby won six consecutive frames to open an imposing advantage of 7-1 on the Australian Neil Robertson.
