Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters LIVE – Judd Trumpleads Jack Lisowski, Ronnie O’Sullivan to come

• Judd Trump [3] 3-1 Jack Lisowski [19]
• Gary Wilson [11] 0-3 Neil Robertson [27]
• Shaun Murphy [7] 3-1 Elliot Slessor [42]
• Scott Donaldson [47] 2-1 Xiao Guodong [34]

Lisowski responds by smashing into the pack off one cushion leaving the outcome to complete luck. But he leaves an easy opener for Trump who goes on to take this fourth and final frame with a break of 58 and touches of exhibition before the interval to establish a two-frame cushion.

Trump falls out of position falling low on the blue but his cue power allows him to go in and out of baulk and he is soon back in prime location to secure this fourth frame ahead of the interval.

After a series of blues and blacks the Ace in the Pack is approaching the winning line now. It goes wrong though as he hits the pack off the black when looking to roll past it for the final loose red and he is forced to play safe but he does so incredibly to leave his opponent snookered behind the yellow. There is 75 left on.

Trump once again looks for the left centre following a containing safety shot from Lisowski but it hits the far jaw this time. Lisowski takes on an incredibly speculative pot into the green bag but he doesn’t do any damage.

He does with his next safety shot though as he collides with a red on his way back into baulk allowing Trump to score first with a mid-distance red. He follows it up with an excellent pink into the green pocket after being hampered and is now in prime position on the blue.

• Judd Trump [3] 2-1 Jack Lisowski [19]
• Gary Wilson [11] 0-2 Neil Robertson [27]
• Shaun Murphy [7] 2-1 Elliot Slessor [42]
• Scott Donaldson [47] 2-1 Xiao Guodong [34]

A solid break of 66 from Trump gives him the 2-1 lead once again. It was a slack safety from Lisowski that he has to blame for the outcome of that one after looking to be getting on top perhaps. He will be desperate to take the next one to avoid trailing at the interval and to keep Trump in touching distance.

Trump dispatches the red with no issues using the extended rest and looks set to take the lead once again.

Lisowski’s only possible insurance is a red that’s close to the right cushion but it’s close enough to the pocket that it shouldn’t cause Trump a problem, particularly given his ability to use his right hand if needed.

Lisowski doesn’t quite get a safety shot tight to the top cushion and Trump punishes this with a phenomenal pot into the left centre with so much pace on it. Trump now looks in a great position to turn this frame around.

Lisowski gets so unlucky as he looks for a full-ball kiss into a red following a brush off the pack but he just misses the contact and is now snookered from the black. Safety it is.

It’s take two in this third frame but Trump is left with an almost identical red as he was last time out and he misses by a fair distance yet again. Lisowski is left a red this time and he makes no mistake to get up and running.

A brilliant blue into the green pocket allows the 33-year-old to work a position onto the black moments later to go into the pack but he loses the cue ball down the table. A wonderful double though keeps the break alive!

A red that drifts close to the left centre pocket has made this safety exchange awkward and a re-rack is called by both players.

Trump is presented a chance at a long red from Lisowski’s break but uncharacteristically misses by quite a long way. No damage done though.

Lisowski goes close with a speculative plant but leaves the red over the pocket for Trump to gobble up. He lands low on the blue though and looks to go through baulk and back to land on a red close to the black. He lands too close to the cushion though and instead takes one on into the right centre that hits the far jaw.

Lisowski is left a tricky one down the cushion into the yellow pocket and rattles the pocket.

• Judd Trump [3] 1-1 Jack Lisowski [19]
• Gary Wilson [11] 0-1 Neil Robertson [27]
• Shaun Murphy [7] 2-0 Elliot Slessor [42]
• Scott Donaldson [47] 1-0 Xiao Guodong [34]

A break of 34 from Lisowski brings this tie level. Despite needing three attempts to do so, the 33-year-old took the second frame in impressive fashion. He was unlucky for his early breaks to come to an end but has looked likely whenever presented with a pot. Both players looking on it so far.

A good safety from Trump forces Lisowski into a long pot which he goes close to making but rattles the jaw of the pocket. He gets away with it slightly leaving Trump nothing easy.

Trump takes a long red into the green pocket but it doesn’t quite drop. Lisowski can’t see that red but can pick off another and he is back up and running. Both players have looked really sharp in the opening couple of frames.

A good plant looks to have kept the break going but he fails to land on a colour and it’s another break of 17 for Lisowski before he has to play safe.

A thick safety shot from Trump means the cue ball fails to reach baulk while a red has been sent over the right centre and it’s another chance for Lisowski.

A fortunate canon sees him land on the black and it’s advantage Lisowski for this second frame.

Lisowski gets really unlucky as he goes into the pack off the blue but gets snookered behind the pink and its end of break at 17.

A loose break off from Trump presents an immediate chance for Lisowski who makes no mistake with a good long pot into the left corner pocket. Can he respond in an equally impressive fashion to Trump’s clearance?

• Judd Trump [3] 1-0 Jack Lisowski [19]
• Gary Wilson [11] 0-0 Neil Robertson [27]
• Shaun Murphy [7] 1-0 Elliot Slessor [42]
• Scott Donaldson [47] 0-0 Xiao Guodong [34]

And just like that it’s 1-0 to Trump in a flash. A total clearance of 126 and his 994th career century.

That’s a really impressive start from the 35-year-old who appears to have shaken off any rust that was plaguing him in the start if his match yesterday.

A really nice canon off the pack following a blue releases a few more reds for Trump to pick off and get closer to the finishing line in this opener.

With the final six reds in a cluster Trump looks to nudge a red into play off the pink but gets somewhat unlucky and doesn’t have a clear pot but he spots a plant to keep the break going. A solid pot on the brown takes him 67 ahead with 67 left on. Another good red and the frame is surely his.

It’s Jack Lisowski who gets things underway in this last 16 opening frame with a tidy break off. Remember it’s best of 11 contests in this round so a race two six.

Trump leads 11-5 in the pair’s head to head and it’s the Ace in the Pack who gets the first points in this contest with a good pot into the right centre from the baulk cushion. He puts a bit too much into the cue ball when potting the yellow and screwing down the table so requires a swerve shot to pot his next red but he makes it and is now in a good position to make a strong opening contribution.

With the top 16 entering the fray in yesterday’s fifth round it didn’t go according to plan for many the big names. While Trump was able to turn things around, nine of his fellow top 16 fell at the first hurdle in Riyadh with the likes of Mark Allen, Mark Selby and John Higgins all falling to defeat.

Judd Trump made his 993rd career century in his comeback on Wednesday, meaning he has just seven to go to become the second player to ever hit 1000 centuries after Ronnie O’Sullivan achieved the feat in 2019.

Elsewhere this afternoon, a resurgent Neil Robertson is in action taking on reigning Scottish and Welsh Open champion Gary Wilson after an impressive 5-3 win over familiar rival Mark Selby in round five for the Australian.

This evening sees 7-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan up against Zhang Ander after both players enjoyed convincing victories on Tuesday. The Rocket bagged two centuries on his way to a 5-1 victory over Lei Peifan while the Chinese player was in remarkable form knocking in three 138 breaks and a 128 break on his way to a whitewash over Ben Woollaston.

Meanwhile, world champion Kyren Wilson takes on Jimmy Robertson after the latter’s impressive 5-2 victory over John Higgins in the previous round.

Our opening coverage today sees world number one Judd Trump take on close friend Jack Lisowski for a spot in the quarter-finals in Riyadh. Trump survived an almighty scare in his opening match of the tournament as he came back from 4-0 down to win 5-4 against China’s Wu Yize on Tuesday.

The 35-year-old is one of the favourites to triumph this week having already picked up the Shanghai Masters in July before reaching the final of the Chinese Grand Prix at the end of August. The Ace in the Pack was rampant in Shanghai with a particularly eye-catching 10-3 victory over Ronnie O’Sullivan in the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, today’s clash is Lisowski’s fourth of the Saudi Arabia Masters having joined proceedings in the third round. The world number 19 also narrowly avoided a scare in his first contest having only secured victory on the pink in a decider against Andrew Pagett. The 33-year-old has looked more convincing since then however, following a 5-2 victory against Martin O’Donnell before beating last season’s world championship finalist Jak Jones 5-3.

The narrative of the hunt for a first ranking title continues to grow around the talented Liswoski and what a tournament it would be to put those talks to bed with a £500,000 jackpot up for grabs.

Good morning and welcome along to LIVE coverage of the afternoon session of the last 16 at the Saudi Arabia Masters as Judd Trump takes on Jack Lisowski.

• Judd Trump [3] v Jack Lisowski [19]
• Gary Wilson [11] v Neil Robertson [27]
• Shaun Murphy [7] v Elliot Slessor [42]
• Scott Donaldson [47] v Xiao Guodong [34]

• Kyren Wilson [1] v Jimmy Robertson [49]
• Mark Williams [9] v Stuart Bingham [25]
• Ronnie O’Sullivan [5] v Zhang Anda [12]
• Si Jiahui [20] v Pang Junxu [29]

• Shaun Murphy 5-2 Yuan Sijun
• Mark Selby 3-5 Neil Robertson
• Mark Allen 1-5 Xiao Guodong
• Barry Hawkins 1-5 Scott Donaldson
• Jak Jones 3-5 Jack Lisowski
• Judd Trump 5-4 Wu Yize
• Gary Wilson 5-2 David Gilbert
• Ali Carter 3-5 Elliot Slessor

• Tom Ford 2-5 Si Jiahui
• Luca Brecel 2-5 Pang Junxu
• Ding Junhui 4-5 Stuart Bingham
• John Higgins 2-5 Jimmy Robertson
• Kyren Wilson 5-3 Liu Hongyu
• Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-1 Lei Peifan
• Mark Williams 5-4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
• Zhang Anda 5-0 Ben Woollaston