Judd Trump
Judd Trump

Snooker results: Judd Trump wins six frames on the trot to win the English Open title against Zhang Anda


Judd Trump staved off an upset by winning the final six frames to beat China’s Zhang Anda 9-7 in the BetVictor English Open final.

Trump hit back from 7-3 down in Brentwood to clinch his first title in 19 months against an opponent who had never previously gone beyond the quarter-finals of a ranking event.

Zhang spurned a golden chance to open up an 8-3 lead when he missed the blue in the 11th frame and Trump never looked back.

The 34-year-old, whose last ranking win was at the Turkish Masters in March 2022, had fought back from 5-2 down to beat John Higgins 6-5 in the semi-finals.

Zhang led 5-3 after the first session and went 7-3 ahead after breaks of 109 and 98 before missing a difficult blue when well placed to take the next frame.

Trump edged it and closed the gap to 7-5 with a 135 clearance and after moving 8-7 ahead, he sealed victory with a break of 92 in the final frame.

Trump said: "Zhang played unbelievable, he probably deserved to win. He was the better player throughout the whole day. If he continues that form, he'll rocket up the rankings. I want to thank everyone here for spurring me on. At 7-3 down I looked down and out."

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