Snooker results: Judd Trump battles past Ryan Day to reach Masters quarter-finals

The match was a struggle for both players who were a long way from their best, but Day will feel this was an opportunity missed having spurned several chances to get over the line.

Day was firmly in control when winning the eighth frame – another in which both players were guilty of missing chances – to lead 5-3 and seemingly put himself on course for the quarter-finals.

The British Open hero could almost touch the last eight when working himself in a fine position in the following frame, before missing an easy final red and allowing Trump to battle back into the frame.

In the end, Day needed to pot the final two colours to force a re-spotted black, before coming desperately close to a tough pot to the green pocket and leaving the black hanging over the opposite baulk pocket.

Another miss from Day in frame 10 when once again nursing a lead handed Trump the latest in a long line of lifelines, and the 2019 champion held his nerve to take the match into a deciding frame.

This time it was misfortune rather than human error that stopped Day his tracks, the Welshman splitting the reds from the black on 17, only to watch on in horror as one of the reds dropped into the centre pocket.

A break of 58 was enough to put Trump in the driving seat and though Day threatened to provide one final twist when laying a devilish snooker and forcing his opponent into a foul, he wasn't able to take advantage.

A missed brown to the centre pocket finally ended his hopes, and it was Trump left breathing a huge sigh of relief at the end of a dramatic afternoon.

“Yeah, I mean I have lost a lot of close frames this season but that would have really topped it off after needing two snookers, so I was so relieved to have got to that point,” Trump said at the end of the match.

“I think when he missed I punched the air by accident, it just came out but I am so happy.

“It has been a difficult season but I just had to dig in then. I’ve had some tremendous support and that helped me a lot.

“I was just a bit nervous at the start to be honest and it took for me to go 5-3 behind to feel like the weight was lifted off me and I could go for my shots.”

Bingham resists Wilson comeback

Stuart Bingham held off a spirted comeback from Kyren Wilson to set up quarter-final meeting with Shaun Murphy.

Bingham looked set for an early night when racing into a 4-0 lead thanks to a blitz of big breaks that included two centuries in the opening two frames.

Another century, this time a clearance of 127, extended Bingham's lead further, before Wilson finally burst into life and made his mark on the match.

The 2018 runner-up put together runs of 90, 81 and 53 to reel off three frames on the bounce and reduce his arrears to 5-3.

Wilson then seemed sure to pull another frame back when well-set in frame nine, only to miss a straightforward red into the corner pocket and hand the initiative back to Bingham.

Despite needing a couple of bites of the cherry, Bingham finally fell over the line with the aid of a couple of terrific pots on the colours, much to his obvious relief.

Bingham and Murphy will lock horns on Friday night.