UK Snooker Championship: Judd Trump beats Barry Hawkins 10-8 and jokes ‘I wasn’t enjoying myself’

Judd Trump ended his 13-year anticipate a second UK Championship title after shrugging off the dogged problem of Barry Hawkins in York, insisting it might have been “the worst lack of all time” if he’d been crushed.

Trump was 9-6 up in a race to 10 on Sunday night, however Hawkins gained two in a row to cut back the deficit to a single body earlier than the world primary pounced on a missed crimson from his opponent with a 67 break that in the end proved sufficient to seal a 10-8 win.

His hard-fought victory marked Trump’s first UK crown since 2011 and likewise the thirtieth rating event win of his more and more illustrious profession.

Hawkins, who gained his semi-final in opposition to Mark Allen within the early hours of Sunday morning, seemed at risk of being swept away by the world primary throughout the opening session, however placed on a spirited fightback in defeat.

“It was such a tough sport. The best way Barry battled right this moment contemplating what occurred yesterday was unimaginable. He made it so laborious for me,” Trump informed the BBC after the match.

“I wasn’t having fun with myself within the seat at 9-8. I simply wished to get it over with. I used to be pondering the worst, it may very well be the worst lack of all time.

“It is simply pure aid.”

It was a troublesome ask for Hawkins, the first-round conqueror of Ronnie O’Sullivan, to return to the world a mere 12 hours after his gruelling final-frame decider in opposition to Allen, and Trump’s opening break of 73 sounded an ominous warning.

Hawkins responded with a break of 116 to degree issues then a cool 70 clearance to clinch the fourth body by some extent and restore parity at 2-2.

Trump duly stepped up a gear to win the subsequent three frames in succession, together with a break of 102 in body six, and it seemed like he had made the decisive transfer in opposition to a wilting Hawkins.

However a missed plant within the eighth body noticed Trump run aground on a break of 51, and as soon as once more Hawkins delivered, a superb crimson to the highest nook teeing him up for a break of 81 to chop the result in 5-3.

Trump prolonged his lead in the beginning of the night session with a break of 62, however handed his opponent a lifeline within the tenth body when he did not capitalise on a poor missed black – and Hawkins then pulled it again to 6-5 after extra sloppy play from the world primary.

Nevertheless, Trump recovered to guide 7-5 on the mid-session interval solely to see his dogged opponent dominate the thirteenth body to cut back the deficit once more.

A break of 53, adopted by a spectacular 133 noticed Trump transfer 9-6 forward and inside one body of the title – just for Hawkins to combat again with breaks of 75 and 82 to depart the rating at 9-8.

A drama-filled 18th body noticed Trump transfer right into a seemingly unassailable 67-20 lead, however a missed crimson noticed Hawkins return to select up one of many two snookers he wanted.

After a prolonged scrap Trump potted a protracted brown to finish the spirited Hawkins resistance and declare the UK Championship for the primary time in 13 years.

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