Gibraltar Open 2022 - Laboured Judd Trump keeps hat-trick hopes alive with win over Sanderson Lam

Judd Trump was well short of his best, but kept his hopes of a third consecutive Gibraltar Open title alive with a 4-1 win over Sanderson Lam, but John Higgins crashed out to Jimmy Robertson. The scoreline suggested a comfortable evening for Trump, but that was not the case as he looked laboured and was fortunate to see his opponent make simple errors when well placed. Ad/> Trump came into the game having not lost a frame in his first two matches of the tournament, but he was well short of his best.

But as well as being a brilliant potter and entertainer, he is a mean match-player and that came to the fore to see him over the line. Gibraltar OpenTrump cruises into round three of Gibraltar Open with victory over Blackwell5 HOURS AGO Lam had the opening frame at his mercy, but missed a routine green and Trump pounced. The world No.

3 laid a snooker and produced an excellent clearance to pinch a frame he had no business winning. The underdog shrugged off the loss of the first, and a gritty break towards the end of the second frame enabled him to level the contest. The third frame was a see-saw affair, with Trump eking out a 27-point lead courtesy of a break of 52.

After a safety battle, Lam potted the colours to force a re-spot on the black. The safety play was excellent, but Lam made the first error and was punished as Trump knocked the black into the yellow pocket — albeit he had his heart in his mouth as the white stopped in the jaws of the bottom right. As in frames one and three, Lam had an excellent chance in the fourth but he missed a simple black and a run of 42 from Trump put him one frame from victory.