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Mark Allen kept his hopes of defending the Northern Ireland Open title alive, but only just as he fell over the line in beating Andy Lee 4-3. Allen arrived in the last 32 as arguably the form player following impressive wins over Chang Bingyu and Chen Zifan, but he was way below that level against Lee.
There was a moment of controversy in the middle of the second round match between Mark Selby and Sam Craigie when referee Monika Sulkowska called a foul that wasn’t. In the fourth frame, Craigie rolled up to a yellow to play a safety shot but Sulkowska called a foul even though replays clearly showed the ball moved. Ad Craigie went on to lose the match 4-2 to Selby in a scrappy affair.
Judd Trump has curbed high-risk snooker to the benefit of his career, but he can still deliver exceptional moments and the break in the final frame of his victory over Rod Lawler in the opening round of the Northern Ireland Open had plenty. Trump made a slow start, and lost a scrappy opening frame. But he found his rhythm as the contest progressed and when in command at 3-1, turned on the style.
Judd Trump pulled off one of his greatest pots with a moment of magic during his 4-1 win over Rod Lawler at the Northern Ireland Open. After reeling off a century in the second frame to level the match at 1-1 in Belfast, Trump was faced with a seemingly impossible yellow perched near the bottom cushion. Ad Rather than give up, Trump played an audacious shot off the bottom cushion, sending the yellow up the table and into the top left pocket to the delight of the crowd and the Eurosport commentary box.
Judd Trump was in ominous form as he saw off Rod Lawler 4-1 in the first round of the 2022 Northern Ireland Open. After a sluggish start, which saw Lawler pinch an opening frame that stretched beyond 35 minutes, world No. 2 Trump clicked into action with a 114 break – a knock which featured an outrageous double on the yellow off the bottom cushion.
The snooker season is about to get very busy with the first of the Home Nations tournaments, the Northern Ireland Open, starting on Sunday. Following his triumph at the Hong Kong Masters, Ronnie O’Sullivan will look to extend his lead at the top of the snooker rankings by going deep into the tournament in Belfast. Ad Mark Allen is the defending champion after he beat John Higgins in one of the matches of the season in a deciding frame.
Mark Williams had a nightmare shot to contend with during his hotly-anticipated clash with Neil Robertson at the Hong Kong Masters. The 'The Welsh Potting Machine' found himself in a spot of bother with the cue ball rammed up against the jaws of the corner pocket as he was attempting to make hay in the fourth frame of the match. Ad Holding a 2-1 lead after a very fast start with a century in the opening frame, Williams was left in a right pickle as he attempted to claw back a 34-19 deficit to the Australian from about as difficult a spot as there could be on a table, beyond being snookered.
John Higgins may have «scarring» from his painful Tour Championship final defeat back in April, thinks Neal Foulds, after the legendary Scot was knocked out of the British Open by Yuan Sijun. Higgins led 3-2 and had a sizeable final-frame lead over his 22-year-old opponent, but inexplicably ran out of position when the finishing line neared, and Sijun pounced to take the match 4-3. Ad It's not the first time Higgins has let slip a lead this year, with his Tour Championship final defeat to Neil Robertson back in April seeing him lose from 9-4 ahead.