UK Championship Day 5
In a blaze of glory, Judd Trump entered the arena in York, brimming with confidence after previous season wins. His match against Mei Xiwen was very one sided with the Bristolian dominating the table. Mei had the weight of the world on his shoulders as he failed to break free of Trump’s vice of success. Judd on the other hand, free flowed and played shots with flair and a stroke of genius. The first four frames were easy pickings for Trump with Xiwen frozen out of the match and living in scraps that he he couldn’t take advantage of. Judd was in third gear with no chance of breaking out into a sweat and went into the mid-session interval, 4-0 up with Mei only scoring 32 points in total compared to Judd’s 400 points.
After the interval, Xiwen managed to claw back a frame with a break of 127 to make it 1-4 but Judd wasn’t phased by his opponent’s glimpse of flair. He quickly took the next after Mei conceded to take the match to 5-1 and he sealed the match with a 93 break after over cutting the yellow. So Trump motors on to possibly take all three triple crown events in one season, a very elite club and rarely seen.
Ding Junhui was up against Michael Georgiou on the other table and unlike previous matches, Ding seemed to click into gear today. With an eighteen month drought in hand, when he last won the World Open, the Chinese player was desperate to do well in this tournament with two previous UK titles in 2005 and 2009 under his belt. Seen by some players as an easier touch, Georgiou never got going and hasn’t managed to build on his success in last year’s Shootout. Michael only managed to get one frame under his belt with Ding amassing a 5-1 lead. Georgiou went into the next low and dejected, leaving Junhui plum in the balls. Reminiscent of a practice table, Ding picked off the reds some by one and left the Cypriot wondering if he could get back to the table. However Ding broke down on 21 but given the chance, Michael wasn’t able to punish the Chinese player. This was the story of the match, Ding didn’t play exceptionally well but did enough Michael did manage to pull himself together to capture this frame and make the deficit 2-5. However Ding fired back and took the next frame with a vintage break of 100 to clinch the match, 6-2.
Elsewhere Ali Carter beat Robert Milkins, 6-2, Yan Bingtao win his match against Stuart Carrington, 6-2, Graeme Dott whitewashed Yuan Sijun, 6-0, Jack Lisowski beat Peter Ebdon, 6-2, his first win against him, Mark Davis won 6-4 against Fan Zhengyi and Nigel Bond survived a close rustle with Louis Heathcote, 6-5.
More shocks happened in the evening session with Mark Williams losing 6-2 to a Michael White. White, a fine junior and amateur player, has fallen off the radar in recent years with poor runs in the main tour. Perhaps the UK Championship was his needed medicine because he was flying with a thr first four frames were won by White before the interval. White’s form is definitely coming back and it took an interval before Williams eventually took his first frame.Already now 1-5 down, he took another frame. However this was a night to forget for Williams as White eventually took the frame required and dispatched Williams, 6-2. Elsewhere there were victories for John Higgins who easily won against Lu Ning, 6-1, there was a fine victory for Kirt Maflin who beat Jimmy Robertson, 6-2, Liang Wenbo won against David Grace, 6-3, Chris O’Donnell beat Ricky Walden, 6-2, Stephen Maguire beat Jordan Brown, 6-2
After the interval, Xiwen managed to claw back a frame with a break of 127 to make it 1-4 but Judd wasn’t phased by his opponent’s glimpse of flair. He quickly took the next after Mei conceded to take the match to 5-1 and he sealed the match with a 93 break after over cutting the yellow. So Trump motors on to possibly take all three triple crown events in one season, a very elite club and rarely seen.
Ding Junhui was up against Michael Georgiou on the other table and unlike previous matches, Ding seemed to click into gear today. With an eighteen month drought in hand, when he last won the World Open, the Chinese player was desperate to do well in this tournament with two previous UK titles in 2005 and 2009 under his belt. Seen by some players as an easier touch, Georgiou never got going and hasn’t managed to build on his success in last year’s Shootout. Michael only managed to get one frame under his belt with Ding amassing a 5-1 lead. Georgiou went into the next low and dejected, leaving Junhui plum in the balls. Reminiscent of a practice table, Ding picked off the reds some by one and left the Cypriot wondering if he could get back to the table. However Ding broke down on 21 but given the chance, Michael wasn’t able to punish the Chinese player. This was the story of the match, Ding didn’t play exceptionally well but did enough Michael did manage to pull himself together to capture this frame and make the deficit 2-5. However Ding fired back and took the next frame with a vintage break of 100 to clinch the match, 6-2.
Elsewhere Ali Carter beat Robert Milkins, 6-2, Yan Bingtao win his match against Stuart Carrington, 6-2, Graeme Dott whitewashed Yuan Sijun, 6-0, Jack Lisowski beat Peter Ebdon, 6-2, his first win against him, Mark Davis won 6-4 against Fan Zhengyi and Nigel Bond survived a close rustle with Louis Heathcote, 6-5.
More shocks happened in the evening session with Mark Williams losing 6-2 to a Michael White. White, a fine junior and amateur player, has fallen off the radar in recent years with poor runs in the main tour. Perhaps the UK Championship was his needed medicine because he was flying with a thr first four frames were won by White before the interval. White’s form is definitely coming back and it took an interval before Williams eventually took his first frame.Already now 1-5 down, he took another frame. However this was a night to forget for Williams as White eventually took the frame required and dispatched Williams, 6-2. Elsewhere there were victories for John Higgins who easily won against Lu Ning, 6-1, there was a fine victory for Kirt Maflin who beat Jimmy Robertson, 6-2, Liang Wenbo won against David Grace, 6-3, Chris O’Donnell beat Ricky Walden, 6-2, Stephen Maguire beat Jordan Brown, 6-2
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