Judd Trump suffers shock defeat to Anthony McGill at World Snooker Championship at the Crucible

Judd Trump suffered a shock first-round defeat to Anthony McGill at the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible, going down 10-6 to end his hopes of winning a second world title this month. The 2019 champion looked like mounting a comeback having hauled himself back to within one frame of McGill, but the Scot surged ahead again to secure his victory. Ad The afternoon session had resumed with McGill holding a 6-3 lead and there was plenty of work for Trump to do, but he quickly made headway into the deficit.

World ChampionshipStruggling Trump falls behind McGill, Higgins into round two after win over GraceYESTERDAY AT 14:53 Trump won the 10th frame 110-0 with a break of 68 and he continued that momentum into the next frame, taking it thanks to a break of 58. Arguably the stand-out shot came when world No. 5 Trump took on a diagonal which went across the full length of the table, and it looked like he was in the mood to wrestle back the match.

But McGill motored back to re-establish his lead at 7-5 with a break of 94 as the Scot took advantage after Trump cannoned the brown. Momentum swung back in Trump’s favour with a break of 63 to wrap up the 13th frame 79-0 as he closed to just one behind. White: Super-fit O'Sullivan could win 10 world titles 'Unbelievable' — Wilson reflects on 147 at Crucible and 'moment I dreamed of' Trump would've certainly hoped to level things up having got back in touch at 7-6, but the next frame went McGill's way as Trump tried to force a red and missed.