Turkish Masters 2022 - Judd Trump holds slender advantage over Matthew Selt ahead of evening session of final

Judd Trump leads Matthew Selt 5-3 ahead of the second session of the Turkish Masters final at the Nirvana Cosmopolitan Hotel in Antalya. The final of the inaugural staging of the event was an all-English affair pitting Trump against Selt, with the first man to 10 frames claiming the trophy and £100,000 first prize. Ad/> Selt opened with a run of 61, but Trump responded strongly with breaks of 61, 120, 56 and 56 to carve out a 5-3 lead before the evening session that begins at 17:00 GMT.

/> Turkish Masters‘Played it really well!’ – Selt drops pink to take one-frame advantage23 MINUTES AGO Trump's last ranking event win — at the Gibraltar Open — came just over a year ago and his long game has been out of sorts for large swathes of the week's play in Antalya. And the opening couple of frames were cagey affairs. A fine long red gave Selt first sight of the table but his run came to an end with 61 on the scoreboard after a red stayed out when he was attempting to hold the white.

Trump made a 52 but missed the pink before a safety blunder from the 2019 world champion allowed Selt to drop the pink to the centre pocket to open up a one-frame advantage. The Bristolian — clearly not at his best — then managed a 61 of his own to level matters at one frame apiece. Selt ground out the third frame of the match after errors from both players, but Trump showed glimpses of his fluent best in the last frame before the interval.