Tour Championship 2026 live comments - Judd Trump overcomes Neil Robertson in blockbuster semi-final at Manchester Central

React to this story

Tour Championship 2026 live comments. TNT Sports brings you frame-by-frame updates as Judd Trump faces Neil Robertson in the Tour Championship semi-finals. Trump overcame Shaun Murphy in a thrilling decider to make it this far, while two-time winner Robertson powered past Barry Hawkins. Play in the best-of-19 frame match begins at 13:00 (UK time).

Watch in FULL as Un-Nooh makes 'genius' 147 in World Open final against O'Sullivan

Video credit: TNT Sports

Judd Trump booked his spot in Sunday’s Tour Championship final following a comprehensive 10-4 victory over Neil Robertson in their semi-final in Manchester.

The 2019 world champion, Trump, arrived at the event with 31 ranking titles to his name but had never been a Tour Championship finalist.

Trump started like a rocket in the best-of-19-frames match with breaks of 87, 94 and 113 to sail into a 3-0 advantage without his opponent scoring a point.

Shanghai Masters

Trump and Wilson show future can be bright for British snooker despite Hendry prediction

Yesterday at 08:50

The world No. 1 won six consecutive frames before Robertson pulled one back, to trail 7-1 going into the evening session.

The break helped Robertson to regain composure and the two-time tournament winner pulled back two frames.

However, Trump was not to be denied and saw out the victory 10-4 to book his place in Sunday’s final against either John Higgins or Zhao Xintong, who meet in the other semi-final on Saturday, April 4, from 13:00 UK time.

This live blog covers frame-by-frame action from the match, with full scores across all matches available on the TNT Sports scores page.

HBO Max is the streaming home of TNT Sports.

Tour Championship 2026 live comments

To refresh the page click here

Tour Championship LIVE – Trump says ‘nothing right’ with cue tip

Judd Trump says that it was a battle to get over the line after overcoming Neil Robertson 10-4 in their Tour Championship semi-final.

He told Channel 5: ”It was a bit of a battle today.

”Neither of us played great. I started off well with the first three frames and after that it went a bit downhill.

”I’m pleased to get over the line again. I just didn't have my best game. I've been struggling a little bit on the table with my tip, throughout the whole tournament."

When asked what was wrong with his tip, Trump replied: ”There's nothing right with it. The tip is so flat. A lot of the time, it's just flinging off and I'm missing everything.

”It's a bit of a guess work out there, but I’ve just got to try my best.”

Tour Championship LIVE – Match stats

Pot success – Trump 92% - Robertson 86%

Long pot success – Trump 65% - Robertson 71%

Safety success – Trump 84% - Robertson 76%

Total points – Trump 989 – Robertson 400

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 4-10 Trump

After forcing his opponent into some safety play Robertson finds a red. However, somehow the following blue stays out and allows Trump to remain in the frame.

Trump rises to the occasion with a beautiful shot down the table to sink the green and then clears up to win the match. Trump wins the final frame 66-36 to seal his place in Sunday’s final.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 4-9 Trump (35-46)

Robertson builds a break of 21 before potting the cue ball, while trying to make an awkward shot. The error gives Trump a way back into the frame.

The Englishman pots a difficult red and the following black. However, a red across the table is then missed as Trump looks at the tip on his cue in disgust.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 4-9 Trump (13*-39)

An excellent passage of play by Trump sees the world number one use the pink to unlock the reds on the table. With the reds largely open he is able to pick his shot each time and build a break of 34.

However, the blue results in Trump’s downfall again and an unforced error sees him open the door again for Robertson.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 4-9 Trump (13-10*)

Robertson has been patient in this evening session and picked off his chances. The Australian opens the frame with a red down the table followed by a pink.

However, after a 13-point break he uses the rest and fails to sink a difficult red. The mistake opens the door for his rival.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 4-9 Trump

Just as Trump looks to be heading towards another winning break he misses a simple blue which rattles the jaws of the pockets and stays out. This time Robertson seizes the opportunity with the reds already spaced around the table.

The Thunder from Down Under has to strain himself to pot an important green and despite missing the following black his break of 50 is enough to win the frame 61-3.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 3-9 Trump (11-2)

Trump misses what looked a simple shot onto the yellow. The world number one is fortunate that the cue ball falls into a spot that Robertson can’t take advantage of.

Trump adds another red to his tally with an extra-ordinary shot into two reds – one slowly sinking into the pocket and the other cannoning off two cushions down the table. The Englishman certainly has luck on his side in this game, some would argue he is creating his own luck.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 3-9 Trump (11-0)

Robertson picks off an early red and goes back up the table for the brown to start an early break in the 13th frame.

However, with the reds tightly grouped the Australian can only make an 11-point break before allowing his opponent back to the table.

Tour Championship LIVE – Match stats

Pot success – Trump 92% - Robertson 85%

Safety success – Trump 84% - Robertson 78%

Total points – Trump 920 – Robertson 303

Tour Championship LIVE – Evening session interval

Trump withstood early scare in this evening session and wrestled back momentum in the match. Robertson won the first two frames, but Trump responded with a formidable final two frames before the interval.

The world number one needs just one more frame to book his spot in Sunday’s final.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 3-9 Trump

One again it’s Trump who prevails from a spell of tactical play and continues to build a formidable score in the 12th frame. Robertson has had opportunities in the last few frames, but the world number one has shown his class to prevail.

Trump finishes the frame with a foul, but the score on 4-102.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 3-8 Trump (0-27)

Robertson now looks on the back foot and his expression is one of frustration as Trump capitalises on another mistake.

The 31-time ranking title winner quickly races into a break of over 20. Trump then tries a trick-shot to open up the reds. However, the ball lands in the pack instead of going over the reds. Robertson smiles and the break of 27 is over.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 3-8 Trump

Robertson decides to force Trump to play the foul shot and The Ace in the Pack responds with a splendid safety shot. Trump capitalises on his position and is able to start a fresh break with several reds nicely placed.

Trump has to play an important shot off the black to break the remaining reds and this time pulls it off. The world number one has been clinical in this 11th frame and is one step closer to Sunday’s final. The frame finishes with a break of 87 for Trump and the score 7-116.

Judd Trump

Image credit: Getty Images

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 3-7 Trump (7-28)

Robertson left the arena for a brief break during the re-rack and makes a small mistake from the re-start. Meanwhile, Trump was focused during the re-rack and capitalises on the mistake to build an early break.

The world number one looks zoned in as he picks off the reds. However, he blasts the cue ball into the pack and concedes a foul as a red drops down.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 3-7 Trump (8*-0)

After winning the first two frames of this session Robertson produces an early safety shot which forces the world number one into an incredible response.

Trump is not giving anything away in this 11th frame and it’s several minutes before Robertson can open the scoring. Under pressure Trump then concedes a foul resulting in a seven-point penalty after hitting the black in the pack of reds.

After 12 minutes the players agree on a re-rack as this is set to be a tense frame.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 3-7 Trump

Trump fails to find the break he requires to get back into the frame and when Robertson also pots the pink his advantage is too great.

Robertson wins the 10th frame 60-19 and the Australian has reduced his deficit with the first two frames of this session.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 2-7 Trump (53-13)

Trump responds with a break of 13 to pull level, before allowing his opponent another chance at the table. Robertson has new-found confidence in this session and rifles home a red to start his second break of the frame.

The Australian looks in trouble but manages to break two reds and pot one of them to continue his charge.

However, a red into the bottom pocket is then missed after a break of 40, allowing Robertson a chance to salvage this frame.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 2-7 Trump (13-0)

A wild shot early in the 10th frame from Trump, who rifles a red off the far pocket. However, the Englishman is lucky that the cue ball rolls into a safe position, resulting in tactical play from both players.

Another mistake from Trump opens the reds and allows Robertson to start a break. The Australian has to navigate his way around an awkward table and then misses a brown in the middle pocket.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 2-7 Trump

The world number one has lost the ruthless nature he showed this afternoon and misses an important green which looked bound for the middle pocket. Robertson takes advantage and sweeps up the green, brown, blue and pink to seal the ninth frame 74-58.

Neil Robertson

Image credit: Getty Images

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 1-7 Trump (54-58)

Robertson is unable to capitalise on the miss and Trump is able to take control of the table and force his opponent into a foul. The ninth frame turns into a tactical battle with six colours remaining.

However, Robertson makes another unforced error and foul to give his opponent the momentum.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 1-7 Trump (54-45)

Trump grasps his opportunity and responds with a break of 23. The Ace in the Pack then plays himself into an awkward position and puts too much power on a red which cannons off the pocket to allow Robertson back to the table.

After some positional play from both players, it’s Trump who slams a red off one cushion and into the middle pocket. However, Trump is ill-positioned on the final red which comes back off the pocket.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 1-7 Trump (54-0)

Robertson comes out fighting in the opening frame of this session and forces the world number one into a defensive shot away from the pack of reds. Trump shows a bit of rustiness early in this session and leaves the door open for his Australian opponent to build an opening break.

After building a score of 41, Robertson makes a mistake off the blue and leaves the cue ball close to a red and the cushion. However, he responds with a lovely shot across the table to sink a red. But, the next red does come of the pocket to end the break.

Tour Championship LIVE – We are back underway

Trump needs just three frames from what could be an incredibly short evening session.

Tour Championship LIVE – Evening session minutes away.

We are almost ready for the players to return in Manchester. It’s a big night for Trump who is looking to win the Tour Championship event for the first time in his illustrious career. He was on fire during the afternoon session and will be hoping to pick up where he left off.

Tour Championship LIVE – Can Robertson battle back?

It’s going to be a huge ask in tonight’s evening session for Neil Robertson who is 7-1 behind after the afternoon session. It was an incredible display by Judd Trump who has one foot in his first Tour Championship final.

The players return to the table at 19:00 UK time.

Tour Championship LIVE - See you in a bit

That is all from us for now, but we will be back in about three hours. The evening session gets underway at 19:00 UK time so join us back at this page then to see whether Robertson can pull off a remarkable comeback.

Tour Championship LIVE - Stats after afternoon session

The stats certainly tell the story of this one...

Neil Robertson 1-7 Judd Trump

Live Pot success: 82%-93%

Long Pot success: 57%-71%

Total points: 158-625

Table time: 37%-63%

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 1-7 Trump (2-81)

Trump is only three frames away from the final, Robertson is in freefall. Whether it has been bad luck or bad shots from the Australian, or some outrageous shots by the world No. 1, this semi-final looks like it is almost done and dusted.

Trump thinned a tough red out of the pack to start the break and the table soon opened up, allowing him to notch a break of 58 that means he has scored almost four times as many points as his opponent.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 1-6 Trump (2-23)

WHAT A SHOT BY ROBERTSON! He has the narrowest of windows to hit a red bottom left with the cue ball sat between the jaws top right.

It's pretty much the longest shot he could play but as has happened so often today, he's left with a tough picture on the rest of the table. He tries to cut a right on a harsh angle and misses, though Trump doesn't have an easy shot next.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 1-6 Trump (1-23)

Trump has a bee in his bonnet over someone taking pictures with a flashing camera. The referee intervenes but The Ace in the Pack misses his next shot, and Robertson plays a safety.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 1-6 Trump (1-4)

Robertson gets on the board but can't push on and after trading trips to the table, Trump pots red-yellow-red as he looks to finish this session on a high.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 1-6 Trump (70-16)

Robertson works down the table via brown, blue, he needs to find a way to get the black back on its spot and he does!

He then dispatches an awkward red vertically, pots blue followed by the final red and does a HUGE celebration when he pots yellow to clinch the frame!

He can't quite clear the table but is finally on the board and back in the match.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-6 Trump (9-16)

It's not looking like Robertson's day. Or is it? The Australian's cannon doesn't go to plan and takes the black off its spot, but Trump misses his next shot allowing The Thunder from Down Under back to the table. He sinks a tough red but still has a lot of work to do, and starts by snookering Trump.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-6 Trump (2-16)

Trump hasn't been quite as imperious recently as in the first three frames, and he jaws a blue to leave himself stranded on 16 and give Robertson a chink of light.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-6 Trump (2-1)

Things just aren't falling Robertson's way so far. He pots his second red of the frame with a risky thin, but it leaves him with nothing on the table and to rub salt into the wound, Trump hits a long pot to start his break.

He's now sunk 9 out of 11 long pots while Robertson's success rate is only 25%.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-6 Trump (0-86)

The black was out of bounds on the left but Trump didn't care, he masterfully nailed pink after pink with some blues mixed in, and is guaranteed a lead heading into the evening session.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-5 Trump (0-37)

Trump gets an awkward split of reds on the left and can't escape it, instead opting for a safety to the top of the table and allowing Robertson back to the table.

The Australian needs to capitalise... but can't! He aims for reds sitting on the balk cushion but as the cue runs back up the table then it James into the middle left jaws. Trump is well set here.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-5 Trump (0-16)

It's either an outrageous shot or a perfect fluke, but Trump pots his second black of the break and then cannons the cue through the reds, off the baize cushion and gets a helpful kiss to leave him on an easy red.

It's early but this looks like it could well be 6-0.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-5 Trump (52-66)

The Thunder from Down Under is almost down and out.

He couldn't capitalise on Trump's mistake straight away and the world number one emerged victorious from the subsequent safety battle - clearing the table and sinking Robertson deeper.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-4 Trump (52-46)

It's a MASSIVE mistake by Trump just as he seemed to be destined for a 5-0 lead!

He initially took full advantage of Trump's generosity, buidling a break of 37 thanks to metronomic potting of the black but after clearing the reds, he slams the yellow into the jaws top left on a straightforward shot.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-4 Trump (52-9)

Oh dear. It wasn't the most straightforward frame for The Thunder from Down Under and it looked like he might've thrown away another potential winning position when he left the cue too close to a red, yet the extended spider helped him escape.

Yet just when he seemed to be finally set for a foothold in the match, Robertson cannons the cue into the red cluster yet fails to sink the black - leaving the table open for Trump.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-4 Trump (0-9)

Trump looked like he could be off to the races again but gets too thin on a cannon and hands Robertson a lifeline.

The Australian simply has to take it.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-4 Trump (34-82)

It was a much more even frame, but has the same result as Trump is now 44% of the way towards reaching the final.

Robertson looked to have him penned in and Trump committed his third foul of the match, yet bounced back to run away with the frame.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-3 Trump (15-54)

Trump comes up short of taking the frame on his opening break for the first time this match, but he’s put himself in a commanding position.

He thinned a red onto the jaws middle left after once again rinsing the blue and black palls, Robertson does have balls on though.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-3 Trump (15-1)

It’s disaster for Robertson! He misses and allows Trump back to a welcoming table.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-3 Trump (9-0)

Trump misses an audacious screw attempt off the cushion, and Robertson gets another slice of fortune when a long red from Trump strikes the jaws bottom right and stays on the table.

The Australian has still only had about 20 shots today, can he take advantage?

Well that quest begins strongly as he snookers Trump, whos shot off the cushion isn't powerful enough to hit the red and Robertson celebrates the foul with an ironic cheer. It's a small moment but it shows that Robertson isn't as downbeat as we might've though.

Trump misses the same shot again, then Robertson pots red and can begin his first break.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-3 Trump (0-113)

A penny for the thoughts of Robertson, who has still only played a handful of shots today and most of them came before the first break of the match.

And this times he scores his sixth century of the week too, courtesy of the yellow two shots before he pots the brown right down Robertson's eyeline.

He eventually missed the pink so doesn't quite clear the table - which is ironic as he potted the pink more times (eight) than any other ball in that break.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-2 Trump (0-3)

Trump is looking magestic right now! He cuts in a long red to get his break underway - Robertson is yet to sink a ball in this one - and then pots a yellow.

There's some pesky reds covering the angles from the pink or black to the bottom right corner but if he can navigate those then Trump will be in a three-frame lead by the end of this break.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-2 Trump (0-94)

Two breaks, two frames for Trump

The red cluster wasn't playing as nicely as in the opening frame and a couple of Trumps breakout shots didn't hit their mark, but after feasting on the black and blue, he nails a cannon off the pink to take him over the line in the frame.

He doesn't stop in the 60s either, pushing ahead for the century and coming up just short when he jams a yellow into the jaws to end up stranded on 94.

It's still a storming start though.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-1 Trump (0-15)

Robertson looks to trap Trump under the cluster of reds but leaves one on and Trump duly nails it middle left to kickstart his break. He pots black, then blue off the jaws but has more work to do to bring the rest of the reds into play.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-1 Trump (0-87)

After such a long opening stalemate, Trump makes short work of winning the frame once he can start scoring!

He knocks in five blacks interrupted only by yellow, and at the crucial juncture of the frame Trump successively plants two reds to keep the break alive.

Soon it's time to move up the table and he does that successfully too, only thwarted by the final red that refuses to leave the cushion.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-0 Trump (0-1)

Trump decisively ends the standoff, going one better than Robertson from the same position top right, and thinning a red in! The table is set up nicely now too with plenty of reds out in the open.

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-0 Trump (0-0)

The 0-0 opening standoff is now past 5 minutes. Trump almost cannons in a red bottom left but he instead leaves Robertson stuck behind the green with only one shot available... but the Australian makes it and leaves Trump in the same position!

Tour Championship LIVE - Robertson 0-0 Trump (0-0)

Trump gets us started, now it's Robertson up to the table for his first shot. The pair exchange safety shots in a tense start, Trump is using a new cue and a couple of his shots go slightly awry - just not enough for the Australian to capitalise.

Tour Championship LIVE - T-5 minutes

Not long now until we get underway in Manchester!

Tour Championship LIVE - Route to the semi-final

Top seed Neil Robertson outlasted Barry Hawkins in the quarter-finals 10-8, the Australian remains the number one ranked player this season though he hasn't won on the World Snooker Tour since the Saudi Arabia Masters in August, a win he said surpassed his 2010 World Championship victory.

Meanwhile Trump finally got off the mark on the WST in Berlin two months ago but endured

a tense final frame decider last time out against Shaun Murphy, where his long potting left a bit to be desired.

Tour Championship LIVE - Head to head

Judd Trump has won four of the last five meetings between these players, and seven of the last 10. The Ace in the Pack has emerged victorious from 27 of his 45 meetings with Neil Robertson, will he extend that today?