English Open: Judd Trump stages another comeback to beat Michael Holt

ByJames Walker-Roberts

Updated 15/10/2020 at 16:15 GMT

Judd Trump kept his English Open hopes alive after battling back from the brink yet again. The world No 1 looked to be in trouble at 3-1 down against Michael Holt but, for the third match in a row at the tournament in Milton Keynes, managed to come out on top. Mark Selby also survived a scare as he beat Liang Wenbo while John Higgins and Kyren Wilson both won 4-1.

Judd Trump pulled off a third successive comeback from 3-1 down to scrape into the fourth round of the English Open.

The world No 1 won the final three frames of the match – just as he did against Louis Heathcote and Yuan Sijun in the previous rounds - to beat Michael Holt 4-3.

“That was a tough one today,” said Trump, who will meet Gary Wilson in the next round.

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“Michael played well at the start and had chances to win, but luckily for me he made mistakes and I was able to get back into it.

"I am putting some good practice but I can’t seem to get going this week for whatever reason; just struggling with the conditions.

"I haven't played my best and have managed to get through to the last 16, but I have to up my game otherwise I’ll be going out.”

Holt started the match with a 78 break and followed up by winning two of the next three frames to close on a shock win.

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A missed pink into the middle at 3-1 allowed Trump to the table and he raised his game with breaks of 77 and 70 before edging the final frame.

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Holt had opportunities in the seventh frame but was unfortunate not to split the reds after potting the black and then missed a red to the middle at 58-26 behind.

Mark Selby was also made to work hard to beat Liang Wenbo.

Breaks of 80 and 95 helped Wenbo into a 3-2 lead but Selby edged the sixth frame 77-76 and then won the decider to advance.

John Higgins enjoyed a more straightforward win as he beat Jimmy Robertson 4-1 while Kyren Wilson won by the same scoreline against Xu Si and Anthony McGill beat Steven Hallworth without dropping a frame.

Neil Robertson won 4-1 against Mark Davis but David Lilley couldn’t follow up his second-round victory over Shaun Murphy as he lost 4-2 to Zhou Yuelong.

Barry Hawkins advanced with a 4-2 victory over Joe O’Connor and Ding Junhui also won 4-2 against Tom Ford.

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