Thaiphoon Trump In A Hurry
Bristol’s Judd Trump was in no mood to hang around as he wrapped a quick win over
Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon in little over 40-minutes with breaks of 108, 76 and 69, outscoring his Thai opponent by 258-22.
IBSF world champion narrowly missed out on making a return to the final stages of a ranking event as he went down 3-2 against Hong Kong’s Marco Fu despite leading 2-0 through breaks of 99 and 74.
Fu is one of the best match-players on the circuit though and he managed to grind out a win without making a break over 50.
Stephen Lee showed glimpses of the quality of play that took him to number three in the world a few seasons ago, as he won 3-1 against stable mate, Tony Drago.
World number 16, Liang Wenbo, put his coveted place in the game’s elite under further pressure as he lost to Wigan’s Andrew Higginson by three-frames-to one.
China did have something to cheer though, as Liu Song continued his recent run of form by beating Michael Holt by the same score line to make his way through to Glasgow.
