Judd Trump hammered Ding Junhui 10-4 to seize the 2024 World Open title on the Yushan Sport Centre on Sunday.
The Englishman needed to wait about 4 and a half years to get the chance to defend the title he first claimed again in 2019.
This was the primary version of the World Open since then, with the intervening years impacted by the worldwide pandemic and journey restrictions.
Trump wasn’t at his good finest for a lot of the competitors however, as has been the case so continuously this time period, managed to emerge because the final participant standing.
The Englishman’s tally of rating titles for a prolific 2023/24 season now stands at 5, with this success including to his earlier glories on the English, Wuhan, and Northern Eire Opens, along with the German Masters.
Trump now boasts 28 trophies at this degree, taking him to joint-fourth on the all-time record alongside one of many sport’s legends, Steve Davis.
There have been much less possibilities to win rating occasions for the likes of Davis again within the Eighties and Nineteen Nineties.
However there’s no doubting the truth that Trump is a modern-day nice of the sport, and at simply 34 it will likely be intriguing to see simply what number of he’ll be capable of land by the point his profession is over.
The world quantity two was at all times in full management of Sunday’s World Open remaining after taking the opening couple of scrappy frames to steer 2-0.
It was necessary Ding, who had a vociferous dwelling crowd on his aspect, acquired off to a optimistic begin.
However the 36 year-old regarded drained following his heroic effort to edge Neil Robertson in a dramatic semi-final conflict on Saturday night time.
The scoring prowess that had been his trademark earlier within the occasion had abandoned him, and Trump duly orchestrated a commanding 7-2 benefit by the top of the primary session.
When the latter made it 8-2 with an excellent century break to open the night bout of play, the writing was on the wall.
Ding loved a quick reprieve within the subsequent body, benefiting from his opponent’s misfortune to compile a tidy 84 clearance.
Nevertheless, Trump responded with one other ton to maneuver to throughout the brink of victory, and regardless that he was compelled to attend yet another body, he took the primary after the final mid-session interval to finish the rout.
Incomes £170,000 for his efforts on the World Open, Trump’s total prize cash from this season has now surpassed £1 million.
He has returned to his relentless methods of successful between 2019 and 2021, with solely Ronnie O’Sullivan matching his 5 items of silverware since final summer time.
For Ding, the previous world primary’s wait so as to add to his 14 rating titles continues.
The 2019 UK Championship represents his final triumph at this degree, however it was a optimistic week total and there are many indicators that his recreation is in a robust place.
Each Trump and Ding will probably be among the many favourites on the upcoming Tour Championship in Manchester, the place solely the highest 12 gamers from the one-year rankings will probably be collaborating.
Past that’s the blue-riband World Championship, and on present type there will probably be lots of people fancying Trump so as to add a second Crucible crown to his ever-growing assortment of silverware.
World Open Draw and Outcomes
Spherical of 128 (bo9)
Judd Trump 5-2 Rory Thor
Sanderson Lam 5-4 Gong Chenzhi
David Gilbert 5-0 Anton Kazakov
Fan Zhengyi 5-2 Dylan Emery
Lukas Kleckers 5-2 Jack Lisowski
Dominic Dale 5-3 Marco Fu
Stuart Carrington 5-4 Gary Wilson
David Lilley 5-3 Scott Donaldson
Jak Jones 5-3 Ryan Thomerson
Ashley Hugill 5-1 Anthony McGill
David Grace 5-2 Rebecca Kenna
Kyren Wilson 5-0 Jimmy White
Jamie Jones 5-0 Rod Lawler
Ricky Walden 5-0 Peng Yisong
Ben Woollaston 5-4 Ben Mertens
Iulian Boiko 5-1 Baipat Siripaporn
Mark Selby 5-3 Xing Zihao
Adam Duffy 5-4 Mark Davis
Si Jiahui 5-1 Stan Moody
Lengthy Zehuang 5-4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
John Higgins 5-1 Ross Muir
Jackson Web page 5-3 Liam Graham
Zhou Yuelong 5-1 Jiang Jun
Wu Yize 5-2 Julien Leclercq
Matthew Stevens 5-3 Hammad Miah
Ryan Day 5-4 Andrew Higginson
Elliot Slessor 5-2 Reanne Evans
Zhang Anda 5-3 Allan Taylor
He Guoqiang 5-2 Jimmy Robertson
Matthew Selt 4-5 Wang Xinbo
Daniel Wells 5-1 Liam Highfield
Mark Allen 5-1 Andres Petrov
Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-3 Alfie Burden
Michael White 5-2 Haydon Pinhey
Lyu Haotian 5-2 Ashley Carty
Aaron Hill 5-4 Joe O’Connor
Robert Milkins 5-2 Barry Pinches
Sam Craigie 5-0 Ken Doherty
Hossein Vafaei 5-2 Liam Pullen
Graeme Dott 5-2 Ian Burns
Cao Yupeng 5-0 Rory McLeod
Noppon Saengkham 5-4 Himanshu Jain
Liu Hongyu 5-1 Jamie Clarke
Ding Junhui 5-3 Zak Surety
Sean O’Sullivan 5-1 Xiao Guodong
Joe Perry 5-4 Martin O’Donnell
Xu Si 5-0 Andrew Pagett
Shaun Murphy 5-0 Mohamed Ibrahim
Neil Robertson 5-0 Victor Sarkis
Tian Pengfei 5-1 Mink Nutcharut
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 5-3 Stuart Bingham
Yuan Sijun 5-3 Alexander Ursenbacher
Ali Carter 5-1 Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Louis Heatchote 5-0 Oliver Strains
Chris Wakelin 5-2 Andy Hicks
Jordan Brown 5-1 Lan Yuhao
Robbie Williams 5-3 Andy Lee
Tom Ford 5-2 Ma Hailong
Jenson Kendrick 5-3 Anthony Hamilton
Barry Hawkins 5-3 Steven Hallworth
Stephen Maguire 5-1 Mostafa Dorgham
Pang Junxu 5-2 James Cahill
Oliver Brown 5-4 Mark Joyce
Luca Brecel 5-1 Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Spherical of 64 (bo9)
Judd Trump 5-2 Sanderson Lam
Fan Zhengyi w/o David Gilbert
Lukas Kleckers 4-5 Dominic Dale
Stuart Carrington 4-5 David Lilley
Jak Jones 0-5 Ashley Hugill
David Grace 4-5 Kyren Wilson
Jamie Jones 4-5 Ricky Walden
Ben Woollaston w/o Iulian Boiko
Mark Selby w/o Adam Duffy
Si Jiahui 2-5 Lengthy Zehuang
John Higgins 3-5 Jackson Web page
Zhou Yuelong 1-5 Wu Yize
Matthew Stevens 5-2 Ryan Day
Elliot Slessor 5-3 Zhang Anda
He Guoqiang 5-4 Wang Xinbo
Daniel Wells 5-3 Mark Allen
Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-3 Michael White
Lyu Haotian 5-4 Aaron Hill
Robert Milkins w/o Sam Craigie
Hossein Vafaei 5-1 Graeme Dott
Cao Yupeng 5-3 Noppon Saengkham
Liu Hongyu 2-5 Ding Junhui
Sean O’Sullivan 1-5 Joe Perry
Xu Si 3-5 Shaun Murphy
Neil Robertson 5-3 Tian Pengfei
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 3-5 Yuan Sijun
Ali Carter 5-3 Louis Heathcote
Chris Wakelin 5-4 Jordan Brown
Robbie Williams 5-4 Tom Ford
Jenson Kendrick 2-5 Barry Hawkins
Stephen Maguire 5-3 Pang Junxu
Oliver Brown 2-5 Luca Brecel
Spherical of 32 (bo9)
Judd Trump 5-3 Fan Zhengyi
Dominic Dale 2-5 David Lilley
Ashley Hugill 3-5 Kyren Wilson
Ricky Walden 4-5 Ben Woollaston
Mark Selby 5-2 Lengthy Zehuang
Jackson Web page 5-3 Wu Yize
Matthew Stevens 1-5 Elliot Slessor
He Guoqiang 3-5 Daniel Wells
Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-2 Lyu Haotian
Robert Milkins 2-5 Hossein Vafaei
Cao Yupeng 1-5 Ding Junhui
Joe Perry 3-5 Shaun Murphy
Neil Robertson 5-2 Yuan Sijun
Ali Carter 1-5 Chris Wakelin
Robbie Williams 2-5 Barry Hawkins
Stephen Maguire 5-1 Luca Brecel
Spherical of 16 (bo9)
Judd Trump 5-3 David Lilley
Kyren Wilson 5-4 Ben Woollaston
Mark Selby 2-5 Jackson Web page
Elliot Slessor 5-2 Daniel Wells
Ronnie O’Sullivan 4-5 Hossein Vafaei
Ding Junhui 5-3 Shaun Murphy
Neil Robertson 5-1 Chris Wakelin
Barry Hawkins 5-1 Stephen Maguire
Quarter-Finals (bo9)
Judd Trump 5-2 Kyren Wilson
Jackson Web page 5-2 Elliot Slessor
Hossein Vafaei 0-5 Ding Junhui
Neil Robertson 5-2 Barry Hawkins
Semi-Finals (bo11)
Judd Trump 6-2 Jackson Web page
Ding Junhui 6-5 Neil Robertson
Ultimate (bo19)
Judd Trump 10-4 Ding Junhui
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