Gibraltar Open 2022 - Judd Trump cruises into round three with victory over Simon Blackwell

Judd Trump eased into the third round of the Gibraltar Open with a 4-0 win over Simon Blackwell. Trump is bidding to win the event for the third year in a row and he continued his early domination at the Europa Point Sports Complex by winning a second match of the day without dropping a frame. Ad/> After a low-key season by his own high standards, Trump returned to form by winning the Turkish Masters earlier in March.

Turkish Masters'This is a special one' — Trump delighted to win title13/03/2022 AT 20:09 He carried the form from Antalya into Gibraltar, as he followed up his 4-0 win over Andrew Higginson with an identical result against Blackwell. It was a rare appearance on the main table for Blackwell, and he found Trump too tough a nut to crack. Blackwell had his chances in the first and second frames, but missed key balls and Trump doled out heavy punishment.

Gibraltar Open 2022 — Latest results, scores, schedule Woollaston shocks O'Sullivan at Gibraltar Open Trump went through the gears in the third, taking it with a 72 — missing out on a century after a blue hit the jaws of the left middle. It wasn’t a clean kill in the fourth for Trump, but Blackwell left a red in the jaws of the bottom right and the world No. 3 stepped in to set up a meeting with either Lu Ning or Sanderson Lam later on Friday.