Congratulations! The snooker world champion is double happy, locking in an additional prize of 1.37 million and hitting the 27th crown
On February 2, 2024, the Snooker German Masters came to an end, all the quarterfinals were born, and the seeded players were Trump, Kyren Wilson, Higgins, Carter, and only Si Jiahui and Fan Zhengyi were left in the Chinese players, and the world champion Trump was double happy, locking in an additional bonus of 150,000 pounds in advance, and was expected to hit the 27th ranking championship in his career, and the Taiwan United sent blessings.
In this season, the World Taiwan Federation has added additional bonuses, for example, players who scored 147 points in two major competitions can get 147,000 pounds, and the current Chinese star Ding Junhui is still one time away, and the same situation is Xu Si, and the player with the highest prize money in the eight European series can get 150,000 pounds (1.37 million after conversion), of course, this bonus is not included in the world ranking according to the regulations.
Although the efficiency of winning the championship is not as good as O'Sullivan's, and the results of the three major competitions are much worse, Trump's performance is still eye-catching, and winning 3 crowns and 3 Asians is worthy of recognition, 3 crowns are Wuhan Open, English Open, Northern Ireland Open, 3 Asia is the champion of champions, World Grand Prix, European Masters, in addition to the top four of the British Championship.
Trump started from the postponed qualifying tournament, won Lucas Klecks, Matthew Stevens, Matthew Selt, and then played against Thailand's Tachaiya, the two are old rivals, Trump has defeated Tachaiya and won the World Open Championship, in general, the gap in strength is large, Tachaiya only has a single-game limited-time championship, and Trump is a Grand Slam player.
After the start of the game, Trump hit a single stroke of 132 points, 110 points, 80 points to win four games in a row, directly get the match point, Tachaiya scored a red ball, did not find any opportunity, came back from halftime, Tachaiya stabilized his position, played a single stroke 74 points, 53 points and two games in a row, the seventh game of Tachaiya defense was not in place, Trump hit a single stroke 135 points to end the game, and finally defeated Tachaiya 5-2.
The World Taiwan Federation announced that with Trump entering the quarterfinals of the ranking tournament again, no matter what the result of the next Welsh Open is, he will lock in additional bonuses in advance, surpassing the German Masters champion by 80,000 pounds.
Next, Trump will fight Higgins again, this peak duel should not be missed, the two sides have played each other many times in their careers, Trump has maintained a high winning rate in recent years, of course, Higgins is strong and not idle, it will still depend on the on-the-spot performance, so stay tuned.