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Judd Trump suffers surprise second-round defeat by Matthew Stevens in China

World number one Judd Trump suffered a surprise defeat in the second round of the Xi’an Grand Prix as he fell 5-4 to Matthew Stevens in China.

From 3-1 behind against 2019 world champion Trump, Welshman Stevens won the next three frames to take a 4-3 lead.

Trump was trailing by 38 points with 27 left on the table in the eighth frame but earned a decider by forcing a foul on the blue and then on the pink before clearing up and sinking the respotted black.

Both players had opportunities to win the decider, but 47-year-old former Masters and UK Championship winner Stevens, now ranked 51st, held his nerve to book a spot in the last 16 against China’s Lyu Haotian.

Englishman Trump, 36, had a 147 in his opening match this week but has struggled for consistent form in the early months of the 2025-26 season.

His exit in China means he has yet to reach the quarter-finals of a ranking event since the World Championship, when he lost to eventual runner-up Mark Williams in the semi-finals in early May.

Trump’s last tournament victory came at the UK Championship in York in December 2024.


BBC News

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