Former snooker world champion asks Judd Trump to ‘remove the curse’ he’s put on him and says ‘enough is enough’

NEIL ROBERTSON has brilliantly asked rival Judd Trump to "remove the curse" helium claims has been placed connected him.

Australian Robertson, 42, bushed Trump 6-4 successful the quarter-finals of the Champion of Champions past week.

Following Trump's loss, helium claimed helium was "very unlucky" to suffer to Robertson and insisted "Neil knows that helium didn't merit to triumph similar that".

But it is 2010 satellite champion Robertson whose luck has gone missing since then.

The Aussie was eliminated 6-2 successful the semi-finals by eventual champion Mark Williams.

Then, connected Tuesday night, helium survived a large scare successful UK Championship qualifying arsenic helium came from 5-4 down to bushed satellite No81 Oliver Lines 6-5.

Robertson volition present look Matthew Stevens successful the last circular of qualifying connected Thursday arsenic helium looks to publication his spot successful the main gully - which begins successful York connected Saturday.

And aft astir being eliminated by Lines, the Melbourne snooker prima jokingly called connected Trump to extremity the atrocious luck curse placed upon him.

Speaking successful an Instagram story, Robertson said: "So Judd, aft our lucifer erstwhile you called maine truthful lucky, I person had thing but luck.

"Could you delight region the curse that you person enactment upon me? Was it the bladed red, 2 cushions successful down the yellow, touching shot that sent you implicit the edge?

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"So yes mate, tin you delight region the curse, due to the fact that playing the crippled similar this isn’t overmuch fun.

"I bash similar a challenge, but capable is enough, you’ve had your amusive truthful delight region the curse and let maine to play the crippled with adjacent luck arsenic everyone. Thank you mate."

Robertson is simply a three-time UK Championship victor having triumphed successful 2013, 2015 and 2020.

But since winning his 3rd rubric 4 years ago, helium has suffered 3 successive first-round eliminations.

After losing to Robertson past week, 2019 satellite champion and existent satellite No1 Trump said: "I thought I was precise unlucky.

"To beryllium honorable I deliberation Neil knows that helium didn’t merit to triumph similar that, but that happens.

"He enactment successful a bully spell to spell 3-1 up, past aft that helium had rather a fewer chances, missed rather a fewer agelong balls and got harmless each time. It’s conscionable 1 of those days."

Trump automatically qualifies for the last-16 of the UK Championship due to the fact that of his satellite ranking.