Judd Trump jokes he was checking for flights home before coming back from four frames down to beat Wu Yize and reach the last 16 of the inaugural Saudi Arabia Masters.
World number one Judd Trump joked he was checking for flights home before coming back from four frames down to beat Wu Yize 5-4 and reach the last 16 of the inaugural Saudi Arabia Masters.
It looked like China's Wu, 20, was going to end Trump's 28-match unbeaten run in best-of-11 matches, which stretched back to December 2022, as he went into the interval 4-0 up. But Trump, 35, showed why he ranked top of the pile as he re-emerged to win five frames in a row and progress."I'm very, very happy with that. That was one of my best wins in the manner of digging in and self belief."It looked like Allen would also stage a comeback after falling behind 2-0, when he hit a century break to take the third frame, but Xiao won the next three to progress.
The Saudi Arabia Masters, which has been given the unofficial title of being the sport's 'fourth major' by organisers, is the biggest ever staged outside the UK.
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