Robertson turns the screw in China

A run of four frames in a row from Neil Robertson helped him take charge of his International Championship semi-final with Shaun Murphy in Chengdu.

With newly-installed world number one Judd Trump waiting in the final and in ominous form, the onus was on both of these players to show they could go toe-to-toe with the 23-year-old, who crushed Peter Ebdon 9-1 in their last-four tie yesterday.