In the just-concluded final of the World Snooker Northern Ireland Open on October 30, 2023, Beijing time, the world's third-ranked Trump and the single-game limited-time champion Wakelin started a championship battle.
In this game, Trump once again played a very strong competitive state. With a single shot of 101, 125, 129, 97, 96, 63, 51 and seven straight games, he defeated Wakeling 9-3 to win the Northern Ireland Open.
This is also Trump's fourth Northern Ireland Open title in his career, and the appearance of this championship also allowed Trump to make Northern Ireland Open history. At the same time, it made him the biggest winner of the Northern Ireland Open and his third title of the season.
Judd Trump came back strong to draw 2-2 with Wakelin
In the first four games of Trump and Wakelin, both players were in relatively average form. In the first game, Trump scored 75 points with multiple opportunities and excellent ability to seize opportunities, winning the first game 75:43 and successfully taking a 1-0 lead to take the lead.
In the second game, Wakelin scored 57 points through multiple starts in the chaos, won the game 57:28, and drew 1-1 with Trump, bringing the two sides back to the same running line.
In the third game, Wakelin scored 87 points in a single stroke, won the game 91:0, and overtook Trump 2-1 to take the lead for the first time. In the fourth game, Trump scored 51 points with a single shot to win the game 63:16 and draw 2-2 with Wakelin.
Wakelin lost four games in a row to trail Trump 2-6
After the game came to the 5th game, both players were not in very good shape, but Trump, who was good at seizing opportunities, still scored 77 points through his excellent defense and excellent accuracy, and finally won the game 77-8 to ensure that he continued to lead Wakelin 3-2.
In the 6th game, Trump finally played an excellent competitive state in this game, and he won the game 97-0 with a single-stroke performance of 97 points, thus leading Wakelin 4-2 to expand his advantage in the game.
In the 7th game, Wakelin took the lead and scored 53 points with outstanding errors. Then Trump scored 68 points through free throws, defense and a single-shot performance of 63 points, and won the game 68-53 to lead Wakelin 5-2 and extend the advantage to three games.
In the 8th game, Trump scored 96 points and won the game 111:0 with a single stroke, leading Wakelin 6-2 and extending the advantage to four games.
Trump won two games in a row to beat Wakelin 9-3
In the 9th game, Trump made a mistake in the kick-off, and Wakelin tried to attack the red ball in the left bottom pocket and made a very serious mistake. Trump seized the opportunity to hit the red ball in the left bottom pocket, and won the game directly through an excellent performance of 101 points with a single shot, leading Wakelin 7-2.
In the 10th game, Wakelin took the lead in scoring the red ball, but after only scoring 6 points, he made a serious mistake by hitting the red ball in the left bottom pocket and gave Trump a good chance. Trump scored the red ball in the left bottom pocket and scored 6 points, and also made a mistake.
Wakelin's defense leaked a difficult long-distance offensive opportunity, and Trump scored a red ball directly to get a chance to get a layup, and won the game 131-6 with an excellent performance of 125 points with a single shot and led Wakelin 8-2 to get the match point.
In the 11th game, Wakelin won the game 74:31 with a single-stroke performance of 52 points, 3-8 behind Trump. In the 12th game, Trump scored 129 points in a single stroke to win the game and defeated Wakelin 9-3 to win the Northern Ireland Open.