This weekend, a 12-year-old and renowned Bristol snooker player Judd Trump may go up against each other at the table. After winning the English Open, Wuhan Open, and Northern Ireland Open, the 34-year-old Juddernaught is presently riding a 20-match winning streak.
Now that he’s up against Chinese wildcards at the International Championship on Sunday (November 5), this run could end embarrassingly. This month, Trump has earned £300,000 in prize money by winning the hat-trick of championships.
He will now face either Gong Chenzhi or Wang Xinzhong. Incredibly, amateur Wang – a prodigious talent – was born in December 2010 and may now play the 2019 world champion.
Although he participated in the Wuhan Open qualifying, he was defeated 5-2 by Si Jiahui. However, Trump is only £10,000 behind Ronnie O’Sullivan, the current world champion, and he could overtake him very soon.
“I may have a trip to London to let the hair down a little bit,” Trump said in response to his three recent victories. I believe that celebration is essential. In the past, when I was winning a lot, I kind of just went through the motions, moving from tournament to tournament without really acknowledging or appreciating my accomplishments.
In this sport, it’s not something that occurs frequently, particularly three in a row. Thus, it’s crucial to enjoy a great celebration before returning to work.
For his contributions to snooker and charity last year, Judd received an MBE. He is considered to be among the sport’s most gifted athletes.
Trump, who was born in Whitchuch, won the UK Championship the same year he won his first major championship at the China Open. After defeating Scot John Higgins 18–9 in 2019, he won the Snooker World Championship for the first and only time. That occurred during a time when Trump was at the top of his game, winning ten major titles in a two-year period, including the Triple Crown, which set a new record for the most ranking titles won in a single season.
