UK Championship snooker 2020 - Judd Trump powers past Paul Davison to reach second round

ByJames Walker-Roberts

Updated 27/11/2020 at 09:30 GMT

Judd Trump beat amateur Paul Davison 6-1 in the first round of the 2020 UK Championship. The world number one, who made six half-century breaks and one century, will face Dominic Dale next. Trump is looking to follow his superb Northern Ireland Open triumph with further success at the UK Championship.

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Judd Trump reached the second round of the UK Championship with a comfortable 6-1 win over amateur Paul Davison.

The world No 1 made half-century breaks in every frame except the fifth and finished with a 103.

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Davison avoided a whitewash by winning the third frame but Trump had little trouble from there - despite troubles with the scoreboard - as he set up a meeting with Dominic Dale.

Trump, winner of the UK Championship in 2011, hasn’t made it past the fourth round of the tournament in the last five years.

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He wasn’t at his fluent best in the early stages of the match and Davison had chances to make it a closer contest.

Trump breezed through the opening frame with a break of 85 but was made to work harder in a scrappy second frame.

Davison looked like he might steal it – despite missing several opportunities – as he got into the colours and had a straight blue to the middle pocket.

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But he missed the blue and Trump cleared up to move into a 2-0 lead.

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Davison seemed well set to take the third frame at 52-0 ahead, but saw a routine red stay rattle in the jaws of the corner pocket.

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This time Davison was not left to regret the miss as he got another chance and managed to get on the scoreboard, which had to be replaced by an older version.

Trump made two half-century breaks in the fourth frame – 75 and 54 – to lead 3-1 and extended his advantage after the mid-session interval. He then finished with his first century of the match to secure his place in the second round.

Igor Figueiredo staged a brilliant comeback to win 6-5 win against Jimmy Robertson.

Robertson led 5-2 after making three century breaks, but Figueiredo won four frames on the spin and finished with a 137 break.

Kurt Maflin also battled back after losing the opening three frames to win 6-3 against Aaron Hill.

Thursday, 26 November

Morning (9am)

• Xiao Guodong 6-1 Brandon Sargeant
• Tian Pengfei 6-0 Jamie O'Neill
• Mark Allen 6-1 Jamie Wilson
• Liang Wenbo 6-3 Allan Taylor
• Mark Joyce 6-1 Eden Sharav
• Alexander Ursenbacher 6-3 Nigel Bond

Afternoon (2pm)

• Ding Junhui 6-1 Jamie Curtis-Barrett
• Jack Lisowski 6-2 Farakh Ajaib
• Matthew Selt 6-0 Amine Amiri
• Lu Ning 6-4 Ken Doherty
• Stuart Carrington 6-5 Barry Pinches

Evening (7pm)

• Anthony McGill v Steven Hallworth
• Judd Trump 6-1 Paul S Davison
• Kurt Maflin 6-3 Aaron Hill
• Elliot Slessor v Mitchell Mann
• Jimmy Robertson 5-6 Igor Figueiredo

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