The 2022 Snooker Masters are in full swing. Judd Trump, ranked No. 2 in the world, broke out before the game with surprising remarks: the British Championship should not be one of the three major snooker competitions, and for the Masters, if I can't win the title again, I will be disappointed.
Trump: I'd rather fight for the German Masters than win the British Championship!
Trump, 32, will try to win a second Masters title of his career. According to the schedule, Trump will face his rival Mark Allen in the first round, and it is clear that Trump wants to successfully advance to the top 8, and there is a lot of pressure.
In his 17-year career, Trump has won 22 ranking titles, and once in each of the three major competitions. In this regard, in the past few years, Trump has been criticized for his results in three major competitions. Still, Trump had his own ideas, and he was always off the beaten path.
As for the heavyweight British Championships, Trump also has his own views. Trump admits that he has never made the British Championship one of the three major snooker competitions, and he prefers northern Ireland and the German Masters in comparison.
Trump said: "I would rather win the German Masters than win the British Championship because Northern Ireland has a better atmosphere and more spectators. Even if it was only £1 to win the North Elsa, I like to walk into that arena. I've won the China Open and I think it can be used as a heavyweight ranking tournament. ”
Trump, who switched to professional competitions in 2005, won his first ranking title at the China Open in 2011 and his second in 2016. Trump won the British Championship in 2011 and has not broken through the second one until now. The Northern Ireland Open is arguably Trump's proudest champion.
Because in 2018, 2019 and 2020, Trump won the championship by defeating the greatest player in snooker history, Roño Sullivan, for three consecutive times.
TRUMP: It won't bother me if I get more three majors, I'm looking forward to more Tour champions!
In an interview, Trump said: "In the last two or three years, I have won a lot of championships, I want to win three major championships, I really don't care, I hope to win 50 or 60 tour titles." For the three major championships, I am not bothered. ”
In the last two seasons, Trump frantically won 11 ranking championships, making it the strongest Snooker ever recorded. Up to now, Trump has won the British Championship in 2011, the World Championship in 2019, and the Masters in the same year.
At the 2022 Masters, Trump stormed the second Masters title of his career. Trump admits: "I will be disappointed if I can't win the Masters again. At 21pm on January 12, Trump will face Mark Allen in the first round, and it will be seen.