Judd Trump v Marco Fu
Judd Trump completed a routine victory over Marco Fu in the
afternoon's first match. In a surprisingly underwhelming match Judd completed a
4-1 victory against a under par Marco Fu. Marco who is having the best season
of his career was heavily fancied to cause Trump a lot of trouble, however it
never materialised as he struggled to settle.
Ricky Walden v Stuart Bingham
Sadly for all of us watching this was another one sided
match. Stuart Bingham was clinical in finishing the many chances an out of
sorts Ricky Walden presented and won 4-0.
Judd Trump v Stuart Bingham
In the evening session Judd Trump signalled his intent to
return to his all out attacking game with some audacious long shots. However
unlike in the 2011 World Championships, he was missing. Stuart Bingham
completed a 6-2 victory and looks to be cueing nicely; however I would struggle
to see how he can beat Selby on Saturday. He is finishing off chances very
nicely but he isn’t creating these chances through pressure & I suspect he
won’t be given the same “gifts” against Selby.
For Judd, he has unlimited snooker ability and he is
improving areas of his game month by month, however I feel the balance of his
game isn’t quite right. Similarly to Shaun Murphy he is being held back by how
he broke onto the scene with an amazingly attacking style. However if you start
to lose a few matches, you doubt yourself and can start to change your natural
game. I think it’s all about finding a nice balance between attack and defence
& roughly speaking he should be around 65% attack to defence. If he was to
ever find the right balance he could potentially dominate.
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