'I’d rather the tip flew into the crowd!' - Judd Trump won't take backward step despite damaged tip
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Updated 06/03/2022 at 13:17 GMT
Judd Trump progressed to the final of the Welsh Open, his first ranking final of the 2021/22 season, and did it while nursing a damaged tip. Despite concerns it could completely break, the world No. 3 has no intention of curbing his brilliant shot-making skills in the final with Joe Perry in Newport on Sunday.
‘I don’t even look at it’ - Judd Trump unfazed by worries over his damaged tip
Judd Trump has admitted he would rather see his tip fly “into the crowd” than curb his shot-making tendencies.
Trump has advanced to the final of the Welsh Open, but is nursing a damaged tip.
During his semi-final win over Hossein Vafaei, Trump played a crowd-pleasing power shot that had Eurosport pundit Jimmy White biting his fingernails.
White was fearful that Trump would do irreparable damage to his tip and wanted him to play the simple shot, but the world No. 3 said that is not his game.
Speaking after Rachel Casey in the Eurosport studio showed Trump the moment in question, he said: “The day I have to start dropping them in is the day I give up.
“I’d rather the tip flew into the crowd!”
Many players are extremely precious about their tips, some to the state of obsession, but Trump says he just gets on and does not worry.
“There is a little split,” he said. “Until it falls apart, I don’t care.
“I don’t even look at it, I don’t want to know.”
Trump will hope his tip stands the test against Joe Perry in Sunday’s final in Newport.
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