Seven-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump both suffered shock defeats in the quarter-finals of the World Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

O’Sullivan fell to a 13-10 loss against Stuart Bingham, while world number two Trump was beaten 13-9 by Jak Jones.

On the other side of the draw David Gilbert advanced into the semi-finals with a 13-8 win over Stephen Maguire.

And he will now play fellow Englishman Kyren Wilson, who beat Scotland’s four-time winner John Higgins 13-8.

Gilbert, Bingham and Jones’ successes mean it is the first time since 1977 that three qualifiers have reached the last four of the tournament.

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Trump, who won this title in 2019 and has claimed five ranking events this term, began his encounter against world number 44 Jones as the firm favourite.

However, aside from a superb break of 110 in the very opening frame of the match, he looked a shadow of the player that has rattled in 79 century breaks over the course of the campaign.

Wednesday’s concluding session followed the established pattern of the match with Jones’ safety play holding sway across lengthy frames and Trump’s highest break a mere 22.

“I just struggled. I had a lot of chances but it was a bit slower than I liked and I couldn’t get any rhythm and it was like starting again every time I came to the table,” Trump said.

“I should have been a bit more attacking in the first two sessions and maybe I played into his hands a little bit.

“It is not easy to have a good run here. Playing like that, he did me a favour because I’d have lost 17-0 [next] playing like that.”

Jones, who also reached the last eight 12 months ago, made a composed 87 to edge ahead at 10-9 but was also helped along by some dreadful misses by his out-of-sorts opponent.

Trump’s failure to dispatch a routine pink in the 20th frame allowed Jones to take the frame with a 61. And an inexplicable miss on yellow to the top right corner in the next frame helped Jones close in on the finishing line.

Having been ranked as high as 10th in the world, Gilbert has dropped outside the top 30 in recent times.

But he credits a new fitness programme and other changes to his regime with aiding his resurgence that has seen him defeat defending champion Luca Brecel, Rob Milkins and Maguire en route to the single-table format for the first time since 2019.

“It was an impossible thought not too long ago but I’m in the semis and feeling great,” Gilbert said.

“It is a massive achievement. Only five weeks or so I couldn’t be bothered to play in the qualifiers, I thought ‘just turn up take the £10,000 and that’ll be that’.

“I have a lot of confidence in myself and am motivated to prove to myself that I can go out and play.”