Kyren Wilson wins the BetVictor Northern Eire Open, crushing Judd Trump 9-3 to elevate the Alex Higgins trophy and £100,000 at Waterfront Corridor in Belfast; “It’s good for the future of snooker,” says ‘The Warrior’ Wilson
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Kyren Wilson demolished Judd Trump to assert the Northern Eire Open title
World Champion Kyren Wilson trounced world No 1 Judd Trump 9-3 to win the Northern Eire Open title on Sunday.
Wilson raced right into a 7-1 lead within the opening session on the Waterfront Corridor and sealed a complete victory within the excellent trend together with his solely century of a surprisingly one-sided contest.
“I felt like the only thing missing from me today was a century so it’s ended up with the icing on the cake today,” Wilson informed Eurosport.
“What Judd’s been achieving just lately is inspiring, to be as dominant as he has been with the sort of standard on tour nowadays is absolutely phenomenal and I don’t know where he gets the stamina from.
“He makes me elevate my recreation and we won’t maintain counting on the category of ’92 (Ronnie O’Sullivan, John Higgins and Mark Williams) on a regular basis, so I am glad I am up there with him and may beat him. It is good for the way forward for snooker.”
Breaks of 58, 81, 77, 77 and 88 helped Wilson into a dream 6-0 lead.
The seventh frame came down to a safety battle on the brown, which was won by Wilson, who cleared to the black to establish a 7-0 advantage.
Trump summoned a defiant run of 83 to give himself a glimmer of hope.
Trump hits a 143 century in the eleventh frame to keep his hopes alive, but Wilson sealed victory in style with a break of 119.
Wilson revealed that his mom Sonya, who was in Belfast to see his victory, had lately recovered from breast most cancers, including: “We discovered spherical in regards to the World Championship so to win that for her was superb after which for her to spend per week right here is good.
“She’s loved it this week.”
Judd Trump suffered a shock defeat by the hands of Wilson
Defending champion Trump, who was looking for a record-extending fifth win within the occasion, admitted Wilson was a worthy winner.
“I think Kyren was obviously too good today,” Trump mentioned.
“The way he’s bounced back after winning the World Championship is inspiring, it’s nice to see someone that’s able to kick on and hopefully in the future now we can have many more battles.”
Crucible king Wilson defeated Jak Jones 18-14 to turn into World Champion for the primary time.
‘The Warrior’ defeated Trump 10-8 within the closing of the inaugural Xi’an Grand Prix to win his seventh rating title.
And a dominant opening session has helped him to a different enormous win over ‘The Ace within the Pack’ Trump.
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