UK Snooker Championship LIVE: Judd Trump and Ding Junhui in action in York

And now Trump is in strife. He can just about see one of the reds past the blue, but he’s hoping for the thinnest of connections in order to keep it safe and still navigate back up the table. Twice he tries, twice he misses. Jones’ lead extends to eleven points.

Superb from Judd Trump. The left-hander manoeuvres in behind the green with one red tied up behind the black and an angle through to the other blocked. Jamie Jones comes in off a couple of cushions but can’t strike either, affording Trump four points and a free ball.

Trump takes on the brown as a shot to nothing…no good. Jones produces a nice escape off the bottom cushion with a load of side to knock the red beneath the black free. On we go.

Better from Jamie Jones. He’ll recognise the need to take this opportunity but runs into trouble in the 20s, having to retrieve both the extended rest and an extension to prod at a tough pink to the corner. In it goes, and the balls run kindly for him – four reds left on the table, with only one toughie near the cushion.

Ah! Jones runs out of position on the third from last red, and in the process of potting it knocks a crimson colleague over to the opposite cushion. Break over at 45, seven points to the good.

A controlled shot with the rest leaves Trump just about able to pot the black, opening up a couple more reds. But that’s a bad miss – a simple enough red to the middle isn’t, really, close to going in. Break over at 38.

Ding Junhui is moments away from sealing 2-0 on the other table. An excellent start from last year’s runner-up.

Loose from Jones, giving Trump a reasonably simple mid-range red to open his account. Trump runs into the bunch intentionally off his first colour, and gets a friendly landing, able to screw up towards baulk and get back down the table from the blue.

A two-ball plant provides the next point. Where’s the next red coming from? Into the bundled reds Trump is forced to go, with the pink placed on to the black spot, where most of the reds are massed around. It will take some good snooker to see home the frame from here.

Jamie Jones took a bit of sandpaper to his cue after that opening frame, making a subtle adjustment after falling a frame behind. Safety play to start the second.

And also into the lead with a ton is Judd Trump, cleaning up for a round 100 and a 1-0 advantage.

Two missed chances for Jamie Jones – and the in-form Trump has found his flow.

Over on the other table, Ding Junhui is off to a storming start, a century in the opening frame taking him 1-0 in front against Tom Ford.

Trump is still getting to grips with this table, the southpaw switching hands to knock in a red. Back to the left hand for a blue to the middle, playing with plenty of side to get back to the other side of the table. A tough cut to the corner…in it goes. Up to 28 with a lead of eleven points and four reds left.

Now, Jamie, if you are going to win this match, you can’t afford to waste two chances like that. A low red is eminently pottable, but Jones clips the front jaw of the pocket and watches it bound away with his second contribution worth only 16. Will Trump give him a third opportunity?