NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Judd Trump is a fan of the changes to the UK Championship this season, saying it has given the Barbican a special feeling, while it has also helped players towards the bottom of the world rankings.
The 33-year-old came through a dramatic opener at the Barbican in York, beating Xiao Guodong 6-5 on Tuesday to keep his hopes alive of a second UK Championship title, and set up a last 16 meeting with Shaun Murphy.
The two-table set-up in York this year has been brought in along with a tiered qualifying system, which sees the world’s top 16 head straight to the Barbican.
Unsurprisingly most of the elite 16 are happy to see the new system, but Trump feels it has helped the event as a whole, after playing in front of a packed crowd in the afternoon session on Tuesday.