Judd Trump comes from behind to reach World Grand Prix last 16 with win over Jamie Jones, Mark Selby edges through

Updated 18/01/2024 at 16:03 GMT

Judd Trump was knocked out at the semi-final stage of last week's Masters tournament, but he got back to winning ways on Monday night at the World Grand Prix in Leicester. Trump was two down but won four consecutive frames to go through as the winner. He will face Lyu Haotian next, while Mark Selby ground out a 4-3 victory against Yuan Sijun with Hossein Vafaei beating Matthew Selt 4-3.

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Judd Trump came from two frames down to beat Jamie Jones 4-2 at the World Grand Prix in Leicester on Monday, while Mark Selby also progressed with a late night win.

Trump was looking to get over the disappointment of his Masters semi-final defeat to Ali Carter, but he was soon on the receiving end of another player finding form as Jones scored 103 in a single visit to take the lead.

In the second frame, Jones moved 30-0 clear before the pair exchanged a lengthy spell of safety play with all but one of the reds tightly bunched. Trump fought back to within eight points, only for Jones to scrap his way to the frame, leaving the 2019 world champion in trouble.

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However, a fluid half century from Trump presented him the chance to halve the deficit in the third frame.

In the fourth, the reds were spread across the table early and a brilliant long pot allowed Trump to get the first points on the board. Although he soon found himself in a tricky position to escape from, moments later Jones accidentally the potted white and allowed Trump back in to build a break. Trump rode his luck when a missed pot rattled the bottom-left jaw only to swing in the bottom right, with a break of 81 putting him back on level terms.

The former world No. 1 carried his good form into the fifth frame and he earned a strong position around the reds when he powered into the bunch with some powerful cueing, and he closed it out to go ahead for the first time in the match with a break of 45.

He then made a break of 77 to cruise into the last 16, where he'll face Lyu Haotian, who beat Chris Wakelin 4-3.

Mark Selby said he was lucky to make it through his match with Yuan Sijin, who he beat 4-3 at gone midnight to set up a tie with either Ali Carter or Wu Yize.

The four-time world champion went 3-1 up but lost the next two frames, with the decider lasting 41 minutes before he closed out victory.

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"I fell over the line," said Selby.

"I played OK to go 3-1 ahead but then blew a good chance to win 4-2. I didn't deserve to win in the end, I was lucky. Yuan is a good player and when you don't kill the match off, the game will come back and bite you.

"He was potting long balls and little nudges were going wrong for me, but that was my own fault for not finishing the match earlier."

Hossein Vafaei also made it through in another late night finish, beating Matthew Selt 4-3.

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