Judd Trump sinks shot of the tournament contender in World Snooker Championship win over Anthony McGill

Judd Trump produced a shot of the tournament contender as he navigated the nervy closing stages of his thriller with Anthony McGill at the World Championship on Monday. Leading 12-11 in the best-of-25 encounter, and with the players locked in a safety exchange, Trump was presented with a tricky cut on the yellow to get amongst the final colours. He needed the yellow plus the green and brown, which were perched down the other end of the table, to leave McGill requiring snookers.

Ad/> Trump duly rifled home the yellow and sent the cue ball dancing off two cushions towards the green, prompting excitement in the Eurosport commentary box. /> World Championship‘What next?!’ – Robertson gets almighty fluke in final-frame decider26 MINUTES AGO “How about this,” began Dominic Dale. “Ooo, it’s perfect.

He can roll in the green, he’ll automatically be on the brown and that will be match ball. What a shot from Judd Trump.” Fellow commentator Phil Yates went even higher with his praise. “Given context and timing, one of the shots of the championship,” he said.

‘Going to live forever’ – Robertson makes thrilling 147 Trump holds off McGill fightback to reach quarter-finals O’Sullivan backed to win world title – but could old rival playing ‘lights-out snooker’ stop him? The next two pots seemed a foregone conclusion but Trump botched the green, potting it but leaving the cue ball short, to spark nerves in his camp. “He had so much room to play with there, anything but short,” exclaimed Dale. For what felt like an age, Trump eyed up the difficult brown before eventually settling on attempting the pot.