Judd Trump banks £100k at World Championship after just two matches

Judd Trump secured a £100,000 payout by making his 100th century break of the season in his second match at the World Snooker Championship. The man from Bristol reeled off three-figure breaks in successive frames during his meeting with Shaun Murphy on Sunday night. It saw him land the six-figure sum laid on for any player who makes a century of centuries in a single campaign.

As he approached the decisive milestone, Trump stopped and smiled before composing himself and returning to the table. He nailed a simple black into the corner to get over the line, earning a huge cheer from the Crucible crowd. The 35-year-old reacted with a fist pump before turning to the audience and basking in his glory as Murphy joined in with the applause.

Former world champion John Parrott was commentating for the BBC and said: "Well done Judd Trump. That is some achievement. Snooker from the gods. You can't play better than this. The past two frames have been of the highest order."

Stephen Hendry, meanwhile, added: "Everybody knew about it and what was going on. He'll be so glad it's done. He's world number one so he can do it, but he's now got to switch off and switch on to win this last frame. That's what the best players do.

"He's got to refocus when he comes back into the arena, win this last frame of the session and get a four-frame lead going into tomorrow."

It marked only the third time that a player had passed the 100-century milestone in the space of one season. Trump previously did so in the 2019/20 campaign, when he landed 102 centuries, while Neil Robertson managed a whopping 103 in 2013/14.

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