Judd Trump bizarrely sinks white without touching another ball in Six Red World Championship match

09.03.2023 - 19:45 eurosport.com

Judd Trump bizarrely sent the cue ball straight into the pocket as he completely missed two reds in his Six Red World Championship match against Hossein Vafaei.

The 33-year-old former world No. 1 was trailing 3-2 in the match-up on Thursday at the tournament in Pathum Thani. Ad The event is played with six reds in the pack from the off, and was last played in 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic, and was won by Stephen Maguire.

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5, was in action against his 28-year-old opponent, currently ranked at No. 22. Despite the obvious quality that Trump boasts, he nevertheless committed a schoolboy error with a wayward stroke.

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