World number one Judd Trump to face world champion Kyren Wilson in Northern Ireland Open final

World number one Judd Trump will meet world champion Kyren Wilson in Sunday's Northern Ireland Open final after thrashing Elliot Slessor 6-0.

Trump, who beat Shaun Murphy 5-1 in his quarter-final, produced another impressive display to stay on course for a record-extending fifth Northern Ireland Open crown.

After taking the opening frame, Trump put together successive breaks of 78, 61 and 90 to forge into a 4-0 lead and maintained his dominance in the final two to set up an intriguing final.

Earlier on Saturday, Wilson reached the tournament’s final for the first time after a hard fought 6-4 win over China’s world number 27 Pang Junxu.

Breaks of 110, 77 and 46 helped Wilson open up a 3-1 lead before Pang edged the fifth frame, which went down to the final two balls.

Wilson, who won his first world crown in May, edged a tight sixth frame and made a clinical score of 72 to extend his lead to 5-2.

Pang reduced the deficit to 5-4 to stay in the hunt, but faltered in the next while on 49 and Wilson stepped in to seal victory with a decisive break of 83.