World primary Judd Trump produced a devastating show of attacking snooker on his approach to a 6-2 win over Zhang Anda and the semi-finals of the UK Championship on the Barbican in York.
Trump, whose solely title on this Triple Crown occasion got here in 2011, opened up with an 89 break to win the primary body in lower than 10 minutes.
He continued in the identical vein with exhilarating breaks of 126, 120 and 131 in a rampant efficiency to guide 4-0 on the mid-session interval.
Having reached 527 factors with out reply within the fifth body, Trump regarded heading in the right direction to eclipse Ronnie O’Sullivan’s document of 556, set in 2014 towards Ricky Walden, earlier than lacking a purple to the suitable nook on 61.
Zhang exuberantly celebrated lastly potting a ball however Trump nonetheless gained the body and, although his opponent took the subsequent two, the Englishman then sealed his victory together with his fourth century of the match.
Trump will now face world champion Kyren Wilson or qualifier Michael Holt within the final 4 on Saturday.
In the meantime, Barry Hawkins made 5 half centuries as he wrapped up a snug 6-2 victory over Shaun Murphy.
The world quantity 20, who needed to come by two qualifying matches to succeed in the televised phases, had already defeated reigning champion O’Sullivan and David Gilbert, and was in spectacular kind as he reached solely his second ever semi-final on the match.
Whereas Murphy knocked in breaks of 108 and 92 to attract degree from 2-0 down, Hawkins accelerated clear after the interval and scored 162 unanswered factors to win the ultimate two frames.