JUDD TRUMP has set a world record mark of centuries in a single season as he reached a sixth World Championship semi-final.
The Juddernaut, 35, banked £100,000 for reaching a ton of tons in 2024-25 during his second-round win over Shaun Murphy.
PAJudd Trump is now chasing the Crucible record for most tons[/caption]
PAHe reached the best seasonal figure of tons when beating Luca Brecel[/caption]
And in the opening half an hour of his final session with Luca Brecel in the quarter-finals of the World Championship, the world No.1 notched back-to-back scores of 115 and 116.
Trump, who won 13-8 despite being 7-5 down, has 104 centuries for this campaign and nobody has performed better than that in the sport’s long history.
Australian cueist Neil Robertson set a tally of 103 in 2013-14 but that has now been overtaken in the record books.
However, Dennis Taylor got it wrong when Trump sank the final green, saying on commentary he had “103 centuries for one season” – which was one short.
And this had to be clarified later on by the unflappable presenter Hazel Irvine.
There were no celebrations or punches in the air by Trump, who is now involved in his sixth World Championship semi-final where he will now meet Mark Williams.
The scenes were far removed from the standing ovation he received when he got the century of centuries on Sunday night – and for which he picked up that mega bonus.
Trump has 11 centuries in three matches and is eying up the Crucible record.
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Stephen Hendry, 56, lost in a final-frame decider in the 2002 final to Peter Ebdon but during that run he had 16 centuries on his scorecard.
Mark Williams, 40, equalled that mark in 2022 when he made the semi-finals where he lost 17-16 to Trump.
Ironically, Bristol ace Trump brought up his landmark figure of 104 in a match where Brecel APOLOGISED to him.
The Belgian pulled off a huge fluke with an attempted safety shot.
And after looking sheepish, Beeb commentators noted that he said sorry to his 35-year-old rival.
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