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Judd Trump has failed to scope the quarter-final of a tourney for the archetypal clip successful 2024, beaten by Xu Si successful the past 16 of the International Championship.
The satellite fig 1 has been successful unthinkable accordant signifier this twelvemonth and been to the past 8 of each 15 events helium has played, earlier this week successful Nanjing.
That superb tally has been brought to an extremity by 26-year-old Xu with an awesome 6-4 triumph implicit Trump, who turned successful a below-par performance.
Xu volition not beryllium fussed astir Trump’s display, though, arsenic helium books his spot successful lone his 3rd ever ranking quarter-final, with breaks of 104, 76, 76, 69 and 65 on the way.
The Chinese prima came into the tourney ranked fig 49 successful the world, but this tally volition spot him ascent the rankings.
He has shown signifier already this season, with 1 of his 2 erstwhile quarter-final runs coming astatine the Xi’an Grand Prix successful August, wherever helium bushed the likes of Mark Williams and Stuart Bingham.
It volition not get immoderate easier for him, though, with the victor of Mark Selby and Gary Wilson waiting for him successful the past 8 connected Thursday.
Also joining Xu successful the quarter-finals volition beryllium Chris Wakelin and Jackson Page aft some scored awesome wins connected Wednesday.
Wakelin downed three-time satellite champion Mark Williams 6-4, portion Page bushed Ronnie O’Sullivan’s conqueror, Pang Junxu, by the aforesaid scoreline.
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