Judd Trump plays down breaking Ronnie O'Sullivan's maximum record - 'I don’t expect to carry on at this rate'

ByThe Editorial Team

Updated 01/12/2022 at 00:26 GMT

Judd Trump has made three maximum breaks this calendar year including one in his second round win over Mitchell Mann. He is now seven behind Ronnie O'Sullivan's record of 15. But the Bristol man attempted to play down his chances of making history, saying: "I don’t expect to carry on at this rate". Stream the 2022 Scottish Open and more top snooker action live and on-demand on discovery+.

Judd Trump played down his chances of breaking Ronnie O’Sullivan’s record of 15 maximum 147 breaks after his 4-1 victory over Jamie Clarke at the Scottish Open.

Trump made his eighth competitive career 147 and his third in 2022 during his 4-0 whitewash win over Mitchell Mann in the second round of the Scottish Open. He is now just seven shy of O'Sullivan's record tally of 15.

John Higgins has made 12, Stephen Hendry has made 11 and Stuart Bingham has nine, with Trump currently fifth in the rankings.

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Speaking in the Eurosport studio, Trump joked: “As long as I get past [Stuart] Bingham I’ll be happy. I can’t be below him!”

He continued: “I mean, I don’t expect to carry on at this rate. I’ve made three in the calendar year, two in this season. You can’t expect to carry on like that. I'd be on 40 when I finish my career.

“But I think if I can get to somewhere near that number, I'd be very happy. If you just make one more, you're going to be delighted.

“A goal of mine is the World Championship. That's the real special one that I want to do, but I love making them. The crowd seem to really enjoy it and it makes it just so special out there.”

Watch incredible overhead angle of Trump's magnificent 147 at Scottish Open

Jimmy White has no doubt that Trump will smash O’Sullivan’s record, saying: “Easy 20, easy 20. Easy.”

O'Sullivan was asked how he would feel if Trump broke his record and the 46-year-old was very clear about his perspective on the matter.

"Yeah, it [the record] should do really," he told Eurosport. "I do not think it is an important record. I am not really bothered about that one.

"As soon as they took the [147] prize away from the World Championships, my incentive to get them sort of went away, really.

"I used to like that one, you know. I think I won £70,000 or something, I think."

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