No competition: he can! Judd Trump clear off Ronnie O’Sullivan comparisons after UK Championship win drama” at first’, trump got choking at the question” before later giving the expected answer. See details…
After winning his second UK Championship title in York on Sunday, Judd Trump dismissed comparisons to Ronnie O’Sullivan but made it clear that he intends to surpass his opponent’s record of 41 world ranking championships. With 30 tournament victories to his credit, Trump is now ranked fourth all-time. He has already secured a record six victories in the 2019–20 season alone.
But he remains a seemingly untouchable distance away from O’Sullivan’s 23 ‘triple crown’ titles, having landed his fifth with his gruelling 10-8 win over qualifier Barry Hawkins at the Barbican Centre.
Trump said: “I’m not comparing myself to Ronnie. I already set the record winning six events in a season and that’s very special to me. I think the only thing bigger than that would be to win all three triple crowns in a season.
For me, it’s different. This is by far the most difficult time in history. Although people will constantly compare myself to Ronnie and others, I believe that the times have changed. I believe that winning a triple crown is now significantly more difficult.
With only one world title to his name and his last UK victory occurring back in 2011, Trump has frequently been criticized for losing the sport’s three greatest competitions. However, the 35-year-old seems eager to accumulate more ranking titles of all kinds throughout the season, in contrast to many of his competitors, especially O’Sullivan, who frequently avoids the supposedly weaker events.
They all mean the same – it doesn’t matter to me,” said Trump, whose rise back to the top of the world this season has been facilitated by a win at the Saudi Arabia Masters as well as the non-ranking Shanghai Masters.
If I am up there at the end of my career with the all-time greats then brilliant, but I am just going to try and keep knocking out the ranking events and see where I can get to
“It makes no difference. If I am up there at the end of my career with the all-time greats then brilliant, but I am just going to try and keep knocking out the ranking events and see where I can get to.
