World news – GB – Northern Ireland Snooker Open 2020 – wowed Trump with a maximum of 147 in the second round

Judd Trump earned his fifth maximum break in his career when he scored an impressive 147 in his second round match at the Northern Ireland Open against Gao Yang.

Trump opened the match with 127, but after two frames, No. 1 in the world was better, starting with 147 in a tall red and then appearing in nervous red in the upper left corner.

It was completed in just under 10 minutes, and proved to be the first maximum for a 2019 world champion since the German Masters 2019, and came seven years after his first professional 147 at the Antwerp Open.

The 147 is officially the 161st in professional snooker, with Sean Murphy also scoring the cap earlier this month..

Trump finished the match with ease, 4-0, as he continued his bid for the Northern Ireland Open for the third time.

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Trump then told Eurosport: « It’s always private. ». “It doesn’t happen very often – to me anyway. The nerves you get aren’t comparable to anything else in snooker. Winning tournaments – none. Maximize the vibration there. It’s always a pleasure to make one, especially on TV too.

« Usually when I get to 64, 72, nerves start popping in, but you just tell yourself » I’ve been training hard « , I felt like I was playing well yesterday in practice. But then it came to putting him out there on the match table, my beginnings gave me a lot of confidence, a century in the first frame, and it really led to.

147 Trump sees him joining an exclusive list of players who have made five or more maximums in their careers.

Keren Wilson won an exciting battle against Ken Doherty to reach the third round of the Northern Ireland Open.

Breaking 96 helped Wilson take the first frame, then this year’s World Championship runner-up 3-0 to move within the victory frame.

However, it did push Doherty back to life, with the 1997 world champion breaking with a break of 90 and 71 before winning the sixth frame to force the decision maker..

Doherty bet on a long red in the final frame, but the mistake left white in between red and this gave Wilson a chance to clarify in one visit.

After the Reds opened, Wilson made good use of his opportunity, narrowing 4-3 victory with 135 to play a third-round match against Michael Holt or Lewis Heathcote. .

McGill opened with 142 power, then led 2-0 before Pinches won three straight frames to move 3-2 ahead.

McGill was then forced to make a decision, but it was Benches who pulled his nerve in frame seven with a fracture of 71.

Meanwhile, a break of 133 resulted in Luca Bressel’s 4-1 victory over Rod Lawler, while a breakout 77, 86 and 77 helped Stephen Maguire recover from a first-frame loss to defeat Alexander Orsenbacher 4-1..

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