'Nervy', panicky Judd Trump happy to get over the line against Neil Robertson in Welsh Open quarter-finals

Judd Trump has admitted he was lacking belief in his win over Neil Robertson at the Welsh Open, and is looking to put the match out of his mind. Trump is still striving to secure a first ranking tournament of the season, and advanced to the semi-finals in Newport on Friday. Ad/> He looked good early on, but fell over the line after withstanding a Robertson fightback and admitted to being nervy and panicky.

Welsh OpenTrump battles to win over Robertson to book semi-final spot3 HOURS AGO “I was just able to pick up the pieces, really,” Trump told Eurosport. “I had a good opportunity to win 5-1, but after that I felt a bit nervy. “I have not been in that position this season, and was just a bit panicky to get the match over.

“I didn’t sort of have that belief that I would take that chance when it came, and sort of needed him to gift it.” Winners win, losers lose — O'Sullivan questions mindset of players He could never look boring if he tried — O'Sullivan praise for Lisowski Trump has admitted facing Robertson, a winner of three events already this season and one of the elites of the sport, so early in a tournament was a draining experience. “I have not met him in a quarter-final for ages,” Trump said. “As I’ve dropped down (the rankings) a bit, I am meeting these top guys a lot earlier.

“You don’t really want to be playing them this early as it takes a lot of energy out of you.” It was easy to get up for the game, but after it is tough playing a player like Neil to know you have two more games. You are still so far from the winning line.” Up next is the winner of the meeting between Zhang Anda and Hossein Vafaei, and Trump is looking for a clean slate. “I sort of have to forget that now as it was not good towards the end,