Judd Trump jokes ‘I’ve never done that before’ after awkward blunder during Wuhan Open showdown vs John Higgins

JUDD TRUMP was near embarrassed by a pre-match gaffe against rival John Higgins.

The pair, 35 and 49 respectively, renewed their rivalry connected Wednesday successful the quarter-finals of the Wuhan Open.

But Trump astir played the lucifer with the WRONG CUE aft picking Ben Woolaston’s connected his mode into the arena.

The World No.1 said of the encephalon fart: “I’ve ne'er done that before!

“Ben Woolaston near his cue by my lawsuit during the interval and I indispensable person picked his up."

The accidental nicking of Woolaston’s cue lone came to Trump's attraction erstwhile helium began mounting up for the match.

The snooker sensation said: "I didn’t realise until I got to the table. It felt strange, I looked down and it wasn’t my cue.

"Luckily for me, John was precise nice astir it and fto maine hold arsenic agelong arsenic possible.

"I deliberation it’s happened earlier and idiosyncratic mislaid the frame.

"But John was bully capable to springiness maine capable clip to get my cue back.”

As the incidental unfolded, a baffled Eurosport commentator Phil Studd said: "Now what's happening here?

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"I thought Judd Trump conscionable said, 'This isn't my cue.' Well, whose is it then?

"It's been a somewhat unusual league each round, really.

"We've had banging and crashing galore successful the arena, we've had scoreboards malfunctioning and disappearing."

Trump didn't fto the pre-match mix-up impact him arsenic helium continued his unthinkable triumph streak implicit Higgins.

Trump won their Chinese clash 5-2, a triumph which saw him grounds his ELEVENTH triumph successful his past 12 outings against the Scot.