Trump Pockets £100,000 Prize For 100 Centuries

World number 1 Judd Trump has pocketed a £100,000 prize aft he reached nan 100-century people this play during his World Snooker Championship last-16 necktie pinch Shaun Murphy.

Trump had started Sunday's lucifer connected 98 and was nan only subordinate successful contention to get to nan landmark. He came agonisingly adjacent to a period connected 3 abstracted occasions arsenic he made 98 successful framework eight, 89 successful framework 10 and 97 successful framework 12.

But successive centuries, 106 successful framework 14 and 132 successful framework 15, pinch what BBC commentator John Virgo called "a masterclass successful break building", took Trump to nan feat, overmuch to nan delight of a packed Crucible crowd.

He marked nan accomplishment pinch a fist pump and a grin aft first relief, while he sewage a opinionated ovation from nan fans pinch Murphy joining successful nan applause.

Australian Neil Robertson made 103 hundreds of years successful 2013-14, while Trump is nan only different personification to get to 100 pinch his 102 successful 2019-20.

After his 10-4 triumph complete Zhou Yuelong successful nan first round, Trump - past connected 98 hundreds of years - was asked what an accomplishment it would beryllium to get to 100.

He said: "It would beryllium measurement amended than nan accomplishment past clip because I played acold much tournaments and acold much games [in 2019-20].

"I don't cognize really galore games I played this season, but it would person to beryllium a grounds arsenic I've missed 3 aliases 4 tournaments.

"I didn't target it astatine all, I didn't deliberation it was a possibility. I didn't want to beryllium successful contention but aft nan Championship League, I didn't expect nan pockets to beryllium truthful big, and nan hundreds of years were flying successful for everyone."

Trump, nan 2019 world champion, leads 10-6 complete Murphy and needs 3 much frames to move into nan quarter-finals erstwhile nan lucifer is played to a decorativeness from 13:00 BST connected Monday.

The wide champion will get £500,000 successful prize money.

John Parrott, nan 1991 world champion, called Trump's capacity "snooker from nan gods" and added: "That is immoderate achievement. You can't play amended than this. Those 2 frames were of nan highest order."

Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry agreed and added: "Judd Trump is world number one, he's had seasons wherever he's won six ranking tournaments, but I deliberation he's playing amended than he's ever played astatine nan moment.

"He came into nan World Championship having mislaid a last to Kyren Wilson astatine nan Players Championship and mislaid successful nan first information of nan Tour Championship, truthful he came into it pinch not nan occurrence he's been having.

"But he was evidently capable to spell distant for 3 aliases 4 weeks, put successful immoderate practice, recharge and he's travel backmost - he's conscionable getting amended and it's nan champion I've seen him playing."

Most period breaks successful 1 season

Alistair: What a typical player. Congrats connected 100.

James: Great worldly Judd Trump. 100 tons for £100k!

Joseph: Take a bow, Judd Trump. Wonderful break building. A period of period breaks successful a azygous season. And he makes nan 100th astatine nan Crucible.

Connor: Criminal that Judd Trump has only ever won a azygous World Championship. A man of his value should person 3 aliases 4 to his sanction astatine nan very least. Exceptional player.

Patrick: A period of hundreds of years for Judd Trump successful a season, a £100,000 prize and to complete it astatine nan Theatre of Dreams makes it that other special.