Gibraltar Open – Judd Trump dumped out after defeat to Ricky Walden, ending hat-trick hopes
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Updated 26/03/2022 at 15:01 GMT
Walden will now face either Jordan Brown or Jamie Jones when the quarter-finals take place from midday. Elsewhere, it was a day to forget for Jimmy Robertson, who suffered a whitewash defeat of his own to Ding Junhui. The rout was completed in the fourth and final frame, as Junhui won it 119-14 with a break of 119 to secure his place in the quarter-finals.
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Judd Trump was dumped out of the Gibraltar Open after a shock whitewash defeat to Ricky Walden, ending his hat-trick hopes.
It was a major disappointment for the world no.3, whose hopes of winning a third successive tournament were ended after a fine display from Walden.
Walden took the first frame 82-30 with a solid break of 39, which came after a keenly-fought safety battle. Trump failed to escape a snooker with one attempt, before hitting perfectly on the second. He later added a pink and the final red with the brown, but it was Walden that prevailed.
The second frame was even more comprehensive in Walden’s favour, as a fantastic break of 83 ultimately proved to be decisive. It looked like he may have hit a snag with the final red, which was sitting tightly on the right-hand cushion, but it proved to be academic and Walden went 2-0 up.
Walden took the third frame 71-1 with a break at 71 to go 3-0 up. That mammoth run ultimately ended when he missed a tough red to the right middle, but the frame had already been secured by that point.
The job was done when Walden won the fourth frame 58-18, as Trump’s safety undercutted the red and left it to pot. It was a very rare whitewash defeat for Judd – his first in Gibraltar for three years.
As for Walden, he will now face either Jordan Brown or Jamie Jones when the quarter-finals take place from midday.
Elsewhere, it was a day to forget for Jimmy Robertson, who suffered a whitewash defeat of his own to Ding Junhui.
Junhui took the first frame 61-2 with a break of 59, before romping home in the second and third frames 123-0 and 133-0, with breaks of 123 and 133.
The rout was completed in the fourth and final frame, as Junhui won it 119-14 with a break of 119 to secure his place in the quarter-finals.
The other results included a 4-1 win for Jak Jones over Neil Robertson, which included a break of 122 for Jones in the fifth frame.
Kyren Wilson overcame Tom Ford with a 4-0 whitewash victory, while Stuart Bingham beat Soheil Vahedi 4-1.
Jamie Jones edged out a pulsating seven-frame contest with Jordan Jones, with a break of 92 ultimately proving to be decisive in a 4-3 win.
Robert Milkins got the better of Lyu Haotian 4-2, despite Haotian getting a break of 108 to win the fifth frame.
Following his stunning third round win over Ronnie O'Sullivan, Ben Woollaston bowed out of the tournament with a 4-3 defeat to Ben Hancorn. A break of 114 in the seventh frame was enough for Hancorn to prevail.
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