Judd Trump ‘annoyed’ after ‘not turning up’ in defeat to Anthony McGill at World Snooker Championship

Trump left himself with an uphill battle after the first session of the pair’s encounter, trailing 6-3 to the Scot.

“There’s not a player on the big stage I’d have beaten playing like that, so [I] deserved to lose,” Trump told Eurosport’s Rachel Casey.

“[It’s] just the manner of the loss. Not turning up, missing easy balls, it is something that I don’t really do anymore.

“The whole season is maybe some concentration, just not focusing as hard as previous seasons.

“It is annoying because I had the chances – every time I came to the table in that last session the balls were absolutely everywhere.

“On another day I should’ve finished them off quite comfortably.

“The end of the first session was the same, easy balls missed, and then same again cost me this afternoon [Wednesday].”

He said: “I’ve been practicing well, as I’m sure everybody has. I know when the form is there or thereabouts and I feel quietly confident.

“It’s nice to be going under the radar. There’s no pressure on me. Everything is on Ronnie [O’Sullivan] and Shaun Murphy – a lot of expectations.

“No one expects me to win and that’s normally when I play my best.”

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