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Former world champion Judd Trump moved into nan quarter-finals of this year's title arsenic he vanished disconnected a broad 13-7 triumph complete 14th seed Tom Ford.
Trump, 34, came into this tourney arsenic number 2 successful nan world pinch 5 ranking titles nether his loop already this season, but he wants more.
“The Worlds is typical and each nan greats person managed to triumph it aggregate times," said Trump earlier nan tourney started. "I don’t cognize erstwhile nan premier is successful snooker, but I consciousness I’m location location aliases thereabouts.
"Unless I triumph present it’s a nonaccomplishment for me. If I spell location from a tourney and I’ve not won, it’s a failure. It’s a horrible emotion losing and thing little than a triumph is not bully enough."
Trump will look an unseeded subordinate successful nan past 8 arsenic he will beryllium up against either Welshman Jak Jones aliases China's Si Jiahui, classed 23rd successful nan world but a subordinate that reached nan semi-finals successful 2023.
Jones, 44th successful nan rankings, holds a 9-7 lead and that lucifer resumes successful Saturday's day convention (14:30 BST).
Nine of nan 16 seeds person already been eliminated from this competition, but Trump has been successful superb shape arsenic he has swept into nan past 8 for a 10th time.
On Friday Trump held a 6-2 advantage and extended that to 9-3, earlier ending nan 2nd convention pinch an 11-5 lead, only needing 2 much frames for victory.
A break of 76 helped Ford triumph nan opening framework of Saturday, earlier Trump moved to nan brink pinch an fantabulous break of 107 - nan 979th period of his career.
He missed retired connected his 980th soon afterwards, but nan break of 79 was capable to clinch nan vistory.
Elsewhere, Scotland's Stephen Maguire held a 5-3 advantage complete England's 2005 world champion Shaun Murphy and nan brace shared nan opening 2 frames connected array one.
The last-16 matches are nan champion of 25, truthful nan first to 13.
Later on, Northern Ireland's Mark Allen, who could extremity nan tourney arsenic world number one, takes connected Scotland's four-time champion John Higgins successful what promises to beryllium 1 of nan matches of nan title truthful far.
The evening convention astatine 19:00 features nan commencement of 2 last-16 matches arsenic Joe O'Connor, victor complete four-time champion Mark Selby successful information one, takes connected Kyren Wilson.
Stuart Bingham, a Crucible victor successful 2015, faces chap Englishman Jack Lisowski.
