Judd Trump advances to English Open quarter-finals with redemption win over Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

Judd Trump edged past Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-2 to reach the English Open quarter-finals, as Neil Robertson beat Ryan Day at the Brentwood Centre in Essex.

Both players squandered opportunities to take the early advantage in a lengthy opening frame which Trump eventually wrapped up to take the lead, but Thepchaiya recovered quickly with only the pink ball depriving him of a total clearance as he made 129 in the second.

Thepchaiya would have walked away from the third frame kicking himself after he miscued an effort down on the black, having earlier got amongst the balls with a fine effort from distance. With both players looking much sharper than they did in the opening stages, Trump took advantage again with a knock of 72 and led 2-1.

The Thai star looked to mount a comeback with another strong start in the fourth frame but he missed the green to left-middle which triggered a dip in form as Trump began to take control by opening up a two-frame cushion.

Thepchaiya found his rhythm in the next frame to give himself a chance of progressing to the quarter-finals, doing more than enough to reduce the deficit to a single frame, but a fourth frame in a fairly satisfactory match for Trump wrapped up the win.

Robertson also reached the quarter-finals with a 4-2 victory over Day, with Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy hoping to join them when they play each other later on Thursday evening.

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