On March 25, Beijing time, in the first round of the Snooker Gibraltar Open, Trump swept Andrew Higginson 4-0 to get the opening red. Also on the No. 1 table, the last game broke out of the big cold, O'Sullivan lost 3-4 to Wollaston, a tragic round of travel!
The last time the Turkish Masters, Trump finally broke the championship drought of this season's ranking tournament, came to the Gibraltar Open, Trump is determined to attack 3 consecutive championships, the previous two years, Trump won the championship consecutively, Trump himself also said: The format of the Gibraltar Open is very suitable for him, and the multi-round competition in one day is very conducive to his play. In the first round, Trump's opponent was Andrew Higginson.
In the first set, Andrew Higginson scored 24 points first, but the red ball pushed the bag and failed to score, trump seized the opportunity to get started, in a very chaotic situation to play a single 69 points to complete the super point, the next city.
In the second set, Andrew Higginson scored 29 points first, and Trump hit a single shot with 73 points to reverse.
In the third set, both had mistakes, Trump led 31-8, Andrew Higginson lost the middle bag again, Trump scored another round, and won another set, leading 3-0 and getting the match point.
In the fourth set, Trump flipped through the bag to score, and then spelled in a large angle black ball, officially started, no accidents, single-shot win, the big score 4-0 sweep to advance.
Although the Prize money for the Gibraltar Open winner is only £50,000, it has attracted all the masters to participate, for the simple reason that this is the last leg of the "European Series" this season, and the first place in the "European Series" overall list can win an additional 150,000 pounds, about 1.25 million yuan! Trump is one of them, O'Sullivan is also one of them, our Zhao Xintong and Fan Zhengyi also have a chance, and there are as many as 11 people who have the opportunity to compete for the first place, and the competition is very fierce!
On the last match day, Zhao Xintong was out, and this one match day, O'Sullivan was out again, and Trump was missing 2 strong opponents competing for the 1.25 million jackpot!