Trump through to Crucible final

Judd Trump
12 April 2012

Judd Trump shattered Chinese dreams as he became the youngest finalist this century at the Betfred.com World Championship.

The 21-year-old, who came through qualifying to reach the first round, came from 15-14 behind to beat Ding Junhui 17-15 in one of the great Crucible semi-finals, finishing off with a 105 break.

His victory sets up a final against John Higgins or Mark Williams, starting on Sunday.

Trump won the China Open at the start of the month, but is now just one win away from landing the sport's greatest prize.

Trump said in his press conference: "It hasn't sunk in yet. I'll have to go away and have a little think about it.

"Towards the end I've never felt nerves like it.

"Even though the balls were all there, it kinds of hits you really. I just took my time and knew if I didn't miss anything silly they were all there to be taken.

"It was definitely the best match I've been involved in.

"We hardly missed a ball in the whole match. Ding's safety was a little bit better than mine and in the last few frames he got in first, but he made a couple of mistakes and I punished him."

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