Judd Trump gained the final two frames to grab the £500k jackpot in Saudi Arabia; Ronnie O’Sullivan was overwhelmed within the quarter-finals by Si Jiahui, who misplaced to Williams within the semi-finals; Trump beat Williams 10-9 in an absorbing closing
Final Up to date: 07/09/24 10:23pm
Judd Trump is the inaugural Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters champion after a dramatic final-frame victory
Judd Trump produced a nerveless clearance within the deciding body to beat Mark Williams 10-9 and win the inaugural Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters.
Williams appeared set to say the £500,000 first prize in Riyadh, solely to overlook a mid-range pink on a break of 62 within the decider, permitting Trump to step in with an excellent 72.
Trump, who was checking flights house at 4-0 all the way down to Wu Yize in his first match of the event however has now gained 15 of the 16 he has performed this season, informed Eurosport: “I’m in shock. I struggled, Mark was much the better player. He was making breaks although the table was playing tricky. I don’t deserve to win.
“It isn’t going to imply something to him, however he was the higher participant – I simply discovered one thing on the finish. That is so particular to win. I ended respiration for the final 5 minutes of that body however I managed to recover from the road.”
Williams, 49, was gracious in defeat, saying: “It was a unbelievable recreation. We did not play rather well, to be trustworthy, from the beginning, however in direction of the top it was actually good.
“I nearly had a good break in the last, it was a red I fancied getting on 62 but it wasn’t as if I twitched or anything. I hit it good and thought it was in but just shows what a champ he is, what a break he’s made in the last frame there.
“For half 1,000,000 quid, 62 behind, two reds protected – what are you able to say? Congratulations to him.”
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Ronnie O’Sullivan said in April that if the World Snooker Championship was relocated to Saudi Arabia, he would find the tournament more convenient as a player
Trump led a low-scoring affair 4-1 before Williams reduced his deficit in style with back-to-back breaks of 121 and 132, although world number one Trump took a tense final frame of the session to lead 5-3.
Williams continued to score more heavily in the evening session and breaks of 101, 77 and a total clearance of 138 took him 9-8 in front, only for Trump to respond with a break of 90 – his highest of the match – to force a dramatic decider.
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