World Grand Prix

Judd Trump overtake Ronnie O`Sullivan in Thrilling Final

Foul and a miss, Ronnie 4. Foul and a miss, Ronnie 4. Judd escapes, pots and clean the table

In an amazing Final, Englishman Trump defeated his rival in the third attempt (for the ones who didn't understood the phrase below the pic).

Judd Trump has lost to O`Sullivan in the Champion of Champions and the UK Championship finals already this season, but it wasn't going to be a deja vu as Trump took advantage of an unusual O`Sullivan in the end to win the last 6 frames in a row when he was 4(19)7 down.

Judd Trump was the best in a very scrappy opening frame, upsetting Ronnie who looked set to start leading. But then O`Sullivan found his form as he opened a 4(19)1 lead firing in Breaks of 90, 56 and 105 (century which proved to be his only at this tournament).

Judd looked self lost but somehow he found his form and forced a deciding frame in the first session as he tied 4-4 with Breaks of 50, 46 and 50. In the last frame of the session then, it was Ronnie who looked to have lost his mind but then he made an unbelievable 89 clearance to lead 5(19)4 at the end of the session. The break received a deserved standing ovation.

Ronnie then won the first two frames of the second session to put him 7(19)4 up in a position he never looked to be losing from with Breaks of 96 and 59.

But then O`Sullivan's long game disappeared and it looked like he had never picked up a cue before in his life when he played safety. Judd then got the momentum, didn't let it go away and kept the pressure on Ronnie O`Sullivan winning the last 6 frames to win 10(19)7 with breaks of 57, 47 and 142 (highest tournament's break).

All credit to Judd Trump, but if Ronnie had played slightly better and stopped Judd's run when he had won 3 frames in a row, it should be 8-7 to Ronnie and it was another match. Even if he had stopped Trump's run on 4 frames, it should be 8 all but at 9-7 up Judd never looked in trouble anymore, but again congratulations to the Champion Judd.

After the match, Judd said: "Not a lot of people come back from that far behind against Ronnie so I'm over the moon, I've dug in all week. I didn't play great stuff, nowhere near my best. At 4-1 down, I was getting a little bit frustrated and then it seemed to turn. It was a weird game, a bit patchy. In the end I kept calm and got over the line.
It's a great feeling to beat Ronnie in a big final for the first time. You don't want to lose too many times in a row against the same player. Two times is already a lot, and going behind tonight 7-4, I thought it was just going to be the same thing.
I felt comfortable out there. I took confidence from making the 142 to go 7-7, and after that I didn't really miss a lot. I missed the blue in the last frame, but other than that I felt I dominated tonight. My safety was very good and I think that was the difference. I'm the sort of player who gets on a roll as soon as I win one or two frames.
I won the tournament playing a different game to what I'm used to. My safety was probably a lot better than anyone else's throughout the whole tournament, and that got me through. If I'm not potting every ball on the table, I need to change the game.The venue's been excellent all week. The crowd has been brilliant and I look forward to coming back next year.
The money will go towards some holidays in the summer, but there's still a lot of money to be won during the rest of this season."

And Ronnie said: "Judd's a bit like Selby. If you go three, four, five frames up, they seem to play better when they're behind. I expected him to come back at me. I wasn't playing well enough to be able to keep my foot to the pedal. I knew I was going to give him chances. Some days you're not timing the ball well, and today was one of those days.

Hopefully this tournament is here to stay. It's a great venue and a great tournament. It's a proper event, you really appreciate the quality of it."

More than a preparation for the World Championship, it was a real simulation of what it will look like in Sheffield next month, as the tournament counted with the best 32 players in the world over the last 10 months, and the square at the Crucible won't be so much different than it. 

Of course, good sign for O`Sullivan, who didn't look very confident at the start of the event but went on improving frame by frame until reach to the final, which might disappoint him the way he lost it, but at the start of the tournament Ronnie should be pleased to be runner-up and of course the longer matches format at the World Championship will suit him as Judd Trump just keeps playing a fantastic season, despite it's his first title since the Australian Open (second tournament of the season), he's had some good results in between reaching to two finals.

Next month of course, I will comeback with the coverage of the World Championship, but not before announce the first places for The Crucible Quiz Greatest Matches and Favourite Player.

Players won't have rest this week, as Tuesday in Thailand, sees the start of the Players Championship Grand Final  and - tournament which O`Sullivan didn't qualify for as he played just one European Tour this season -be sure you follow us on Facebook not to lost any flash of that!