Trump celebrates landmark victory
Judd Trump was celebrating the biggest triumph of his burgeoning career on Monday after a thrilling win over Mark Allen in the williamhill.com UK Championship final.
The 22-year-old from Bristol saw an 8-3 lead almost wiped out by Allen in Sunday night's thrilling finale to their York Barbican Centre clash. Allen got back to 9-8, but he left a half-chance for Trump after missing a difficult red and the Northern Irishman had to squirm in his seat as the World Championship runner-up made a title-clinching break of 91.
The new champion said: "To win it the way I did is a brilliant achievement. Mark pushed me all the way. It's a good job I had a big lead in that last session. It feels amazing. It was a brilliant game."
Trump was uncomfortable watching Allen make big break after big break.
"It was like playing a machine. I looked at him and it just looked like he wasn't going to miss," Trump said.
Allen had his runs of 141, 139, 129 and 125, to just one century of 109 from Trump.
But Allen's form dipped slightly in the middle of the match, which proved costly.
Allen said: "I played well towards the end. All credit to Judd for the middle part of the match. He played so well.
"I'm disappointed because I came here to win the tournament and I haven't done that. But if someone had given me runner-up before I started I probably would have taken it."
