Judd Trump reveals partisan World Open crowd in China spurred him on to spark demolition job on Ding Junhui
dailyrecord.co.ukJudd Trump revealed he was fired up to beat home favourite Ding Junhui by the partisan home crowd in Yushan as the Englishman defended his World Open crown with a comprehensive 10-4 victory.Trump raced into a 7-2 lead and a stunning 130 break after the interval saw the world number two turn on the style.
It was the 28th ranking title of the 34-year-old’s career as he drew level with Steve Davis on the all-time list - and only Ronnie O’Sullivan, Stephen Hendry and John Higgins have won more.And after banking the £170,000 winners cheque he said: “It’s one of those games I seem to thrive on (the atmosphere).
I remember playing Ronnie in the Masters final and I did the same thing. There’s something that really gets me going. I knew it was going to be tough and knew how important it was to get off to a good lead because you could feel the support behind him but it was also very fair.
It’s obviously difficult, no-one wants your opponent to have more support but I just used it to my advantage to motivate myself.“I thought it was going to be a tough game against Ding.
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