Ronnie O’Sullivan is in action at the Crucible Theatre today to finish his World Snooker Championship quarter-final with Stuart Bingham after they ended the first session all square at 4-4. O’Sullivan is chasing a record eighth title as well as the season triple crown, but the experienced Bingham is providing a real test after a smooth passage through the first two rounds.
In the other quarter-finals, which all conclude today, Judd Trump was knocked out by Jak Jones in a major upset. The world No 2 never got into his stride with a series of shocking misses and Jones wrapped up the 13-9 victory with a century break. He will now play either O’Sullivan or Bingham in his first semi-final at the Crucible.
Elsewhere, Kyren Wilson turned the screw on John Higgins with more high-scoring breaks to open up a lead before the four-time champion hit back, and David Gilbert held a commanding lead over Stephen Maguire coming into their final session.
Follow all the action from the World Snooker Championship below, and get the latest predictions and odds here.
World championship afternoon schedule
– Ronnie O’Sullivan 4-4 Stuart Bingham
– David Gilbert 10-6 Stephen Maguire
We’ll be focusing predominantly on Ronnie, with half-an-eye on Gilbert vs Maguire.
We are expecting the players imminently…
Kieran Jackson1 May 2024 14:23
World Championship quarter-final scores
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Stuart Bingham will emerge shortly to continue their quarter-final. Here are the scores right now:
Jak Jones 13-9 Judd Trump (result)
Kyren Wilson 9-7 John Higgins
Ronnie O’Sullivan 4-4 Stuart Bingham
David Gilbert 10-6 Stephen Maguire
Lawrence Ostlere1 May 2024 14:07
ICYMI: Jones stuns out-of-sorts Trump to reach semi-finals
Judd Trump’s hopes of landing a second world snooker title were shattered by qualifier Jak Jones in a major quarter-final upset at the Crucible.
Jones, the world number 44, capitalised on an error-strewn display by the 2019 champion to turn an 8-8 overnight tie into a 13-9 win and reach the last four for the first time.
His unlikely win leaves Jones two more wins away from becoming only the third qualifier to win the famous title after Terry Griffiths in 1979 and Shaun Murphy in 2005.
Trump looked off the pace throughout the concluding session, and a dreadful missed pink in the 20th frame cued up Jones for a break of 61 that put clear air between the pair at 11-9.
A miss on an even easier yellow in the next sent Jones one frame from victory, and when Trump went in-off potting a red in the 22nd frame, Jones responded with a nerveless 106 clearance to finish.
Lawrence Ostlere1 May 2024 13:55
O’Sullivan v Bingham: The match so far…
Both players continued to make unforced errors, with O’Sullivan banging his cue against the table after missing an early red. However, another mistake from Bingham when attempting a long pot after running out of position gave O’Sullivan a chance to build what eventually proved a frame-winning break of 64 and – after Bingham had initially played on when needing four snookers – saw him move ahead in the match for the first time.
Bingham, though, made sure he would end on level terms with a break of 72 in the final frame to leave the match delicately poised when it resumes on Wednesday afternoon for the final two sessions.
Lawrence Ostlere1 May 2024 13:40
O’Sullivan v Bingham: The match so far…
Bingham, world champion in 2015, was then set for a potential maximum chance in the next, but came up short of position off the seventh red, allowing O’Sullivan back to build a break of 66 which eventually proved enough to get a first frame on the board.
At the start of the last frame before the mid-session interval, O’Sullivan sent what looked a routine black into the jaws of the bottom right pocket, leaving the table set for Bingham to produce a break of 90 and further cement his advantage. ‘The Rocket’ returned to hit a fine 116 break and reduce the deficit with his 206th century at the Crucible.
World No 1 O’Sullivan looked to have spurned a chance to level up after missing a red into the bottom left pocket when on a break of 43, but Bingham then failed to sink one into the middle, which allowed his fellow Essex cueman back to pinch the frame.
Lawrence Ostlere1 May 2024 13:28
O’Sullivan v Bingham: The match so far…
O’Sullivan, bidding for a record eighth world title, had looked out of sorts during the early exchanges following some wayward cueing as Bingham – who beat Jack Lisowski 13-11 on Monday night – took the first two frames with breaks of 55 and 75.
Lawrence Ostlere1 May 2024 13:12
Kyren Wilson 9-5 John Higgins
On the other side of the arena, John Higgins has pulled back a frame but is still heavily trailing Kyren Wilson.
Lawrence Ostlere1 May 2024 12:59
Jak Jones beats Judd Trump 13-9!
Jones leaves himself short on the blue and needs to put away a testing mid-length red to keep the break alive… and he pots it right into the centre of the pocket. A couple more reds, and Jones has won the frame and the match! He polishes off the table for a brilliant century break.
A huge upset in the quarter-finals. Judd Trump is out and Jak Jones is into his first World Championship semi-final.
Lawrence Ostlere1 May 2024 12:45
Judd Trump 9-12 Jak Jones (best of 25)
Jones is understandably taking his time with what is perhaps the most important break of his life. He is having to use the rest to reach some awkward balls, but so far he’s kept good control of the cue ball.
He leads 44-25 right now and there are six reds left on the table.
Lawrence Ostlere1 May 2024 12:41
Judd Trump 9-12 Jak Jones (best of 25)
Trump cannot believe it – he tries to fire the cue ball into baulk and back out again after potting the blue, but he hits the brown and sends the white in off! It just isn’t happening for the world No 2.
Jones now comes to an inviting table 25 points down but with the chance to hit back and win the match. Can he hold his nerve?
Lawrence Ostlere1 May 2024 12:37