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| Graeme Dott easilly saw off Judd Trump to reach the Masters semi-finals for the first time |
Graeme Dott made the biggest upset of the Masters so far
after defeating world number two Judd Trump 6-1. Trump’s performance seemed
lacklustre throughout and did not make a 50+ break all match. A missed pink
from Trump in the opener allowed Dott to take the early lead and the Scot also
took the second frame after errors from both players. Trump claimed the next
frame with breaks of 47 and 36 but Dott took the last frame before the break to
lead 3-1.
Dott extended his lead after the interval after being given
three chances by his opponent and went within a frame of victory by securing
the sixth. The world number 12 then rounded off the match in style with a
fantastic 111 break to reach the semi-finals of the Masters for the first time
in his career.
He will face Mark Selby tomorrow evening after he defeated
Mark Williams in another fairly poor quality match of snooker, which also
finished 6-1. A scrappy start to the match saw Selby take a 42-minute opener
and he also won a closely fought second. Selby also took frame three on the
colours and made it 4-0 by winning the next for a very healthy lead at the
interval.
Williams finally got a frame on the scoreboard thanks to a
cracking pot on the yellow but a 73 break from Selby in the next all but
secured the match. More missed pots from Williams in frame seven allowed Selby
to secure the match with two separate breks.
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