Judd Trump going on holiday before 2023 World Snooker Championship a 'mistake', says Alan McManus

Judd Trump going on holiday before the 2023 World Snooker Championship was a «mistake», says Alan McManus. Trump departed the Crucible at the first-round stage following a 10-6 loss to the relatively unheralded Anthony McGill. Ad It's the latest defeat in a difficult period for the 33-year-old, who hasn't got past the last eight of any tournament since reaching the final of the World Grand Prix in January.

World ChampionshipTrump 'annoyed' after 'not turning up' in defeat to McGill3 HOURS AGO Trump had felt «quietly confident» arriving in Sheffield, but his game betrayed him against McGill, missing «easy balls» that let the Scot run away with it. Talking in the Eurosport studio, McManus and Jimmy White dissected Trump's display and his preparation. «Should he be going on holiday 10 days before playing at the Crucible?» McManus said.

«In my opinion, no. He's a grown man, he's a world champion, he's won everything there is to win. »I thought that was a mistake quite frankly, I just don't think that's the way to go.

He clearly does, that's fine. «When he's sitting in his chair in between frames, he looks a bit lost out there at times.» Trump 'annoyed' after 'not turning up' in defeat to McGill Overhead Cam: Watch Wilson's spectacular 147 from special angle McManus also gave his view that Trump has an issue with his cueing that needs to be rectified, after saying Trump is «not the same player» he was when he won the World Championship 2019. «It pains me to say it, but Trump, in the last two-and-a-half years, has won one ranking event.

That's a fact. In the previous two years or so, he won umpteen ranking events. »I hate to say it, but there is a flaw in his technique, I don't know how much he's taken that on board.