Snooker results: Judd Trump through to European Masters final

Trump looked in all kinds of bother after losing each of the first three frames, but a century before the mid-session interval kept him in it.

The left-hander took three of the following four frames to draw level but again found himself in deep trouble when Higgins took the ninth to move within one of victory.

Trump though forced a decider and it was another tight frame, the kind he'd surrendered at the beginning of the match, yet this time he landed the fatal blow to end a fabulous tussle.

"The difference this season has just been night and day," Trump told WST, referring to a slow start to the previous campaign.

"The game against Chris Wakelin, I could easily have been out and already at home, now I'm playing in the final. That's how fine the line is.

"There were so many times last season where I probably should've won and ended up going out, this time I should've been out and I'm in the final."

He will face Barry Hawkins in Sunday's final after Hawkins beat Mark Selby 6-4.

Having edged through a decider to make the last four, Hawkins avoided a repeat with a nerveless half-century to end an excellent match which began with an exchange of centuries.

Early on it was Selby who threatened to take control but he was never able to do so, before Hawkins led for the first time at 4-3.

Selby levelled to ensure an effective best-of-three which Hawkins took, frame nine proving a key point as he edged it by a single point before again coming from behind in the next.

European Masters results

Semi-finals

• John Higgins 5-6 Judd Trump
• Mark Selby 4-6 Barry Hawkins

Final

• Judd Trump v Barry Hawkins