SHEFFIELD: Former World Champion and the world number three Judd Trump has outclassed his Iranian counterpart Hossein Vafaei 10-4 to move into the last 16 of the ongoing World Snooker Championship, here on Thursday.
The world number three Trump, who faced Iran’s Vaffaei in his first match of the campaign, defeated the latter by 10-4 in the Best of 19.
Trump dominated Vaffaei right from the start as he secured three opening frames including a century in the third frame.
Vaffaei, on the other hand, was quick to respond as he levelled the scores at 3-3 by winning the next three frames. His the then best break came in the sixth frame as he missed on his century by a mere one; scoring 99.
Trump then again showed his class and pulled ahead by a massive margin as the English cueist claimed five consecutive frames to extend the lead to 8-3.
Vaffaei then looked to bounce back as he cut the margin to 8-4 by winning the 12th frame following a sensational century. But only for Trump to win the next two frames to claim the first-round victory in the World Championship.
The third-ranked Trump will now face the 17th-ranked Anthony McGill in the second round.
COMPLETE RESULTS OF ROUND 1
Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-5 David Gilbert
Mark Selby 10-7 Jamie Jones
Jackson Page 10-7 Barry Hawkins
Zhao Xintong 10-2 Jamie Clarke
Stephen Maguire 10-8 Shaun Murphy
Mark Williams 10-3 Michael White
Anthony McGill 10-7 Liam Highfield
Mark Allen 10-6 Scott Donaldson
Neil Robertson 10-5 Ashley Hugill
Stuart Bingham 10-5 Lyu Haotian
Yan Bingtao 10-6 Chris Wakelin
Judd Trump 10-4 Hossein Vaffaei
John Higgins 10-7 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Jack Lisowski 10-8 Matthew Stevens
Kyren Wilson 10-8 Din Junhui
Noppon Saengkham 10-5 Luca Brecel
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