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

secured a £100,000 payout by making his 100th century break of the season in his second match at the . The man from Bristol reeled off three-figure breaks in successive frames during his meeting with 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 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.

Trump will be hoping to follow up his momentous achievement by winning the World Snooker Championship for the second time in his career. He has not tasted Crucible glory since his only triumph at the famous Sheffield venue back in 2019.

Ahead of his match against Murphy, Trump explained that he wanted to regain the biggest title in snooker to avoid going down as this year's forgotten man.

"Because it is the last tournament of the season and anyone not involved with snooker is tuning into the World Championship, they only really remember this tournament and the rest kind of gets forgotten a little bit," he said.

"I've had a great season, but you kind of get forgotten about if you don't win this tournament, so it adds that pressure on. I have a good chance if I keep doing what I'm doing."