• Bristol player wins 18-9 in one-sided Crucible final
• Trump had resumed at halfway stage with 12-5 lead over Scot
You can always rely on snooker’s grand supremo, Barry Hearn, to set the tone on days as significant as these. “On the day the royal prince is born, we’re about to crown the new king of snooker,” Hearn told the assembled media in Sheffield at around 3:30pm on Monday afternoon. Premature? Perhaps, given how Judd Trump still needed four more frames at that stage to clinch his maiden world championship.
But deep down, Hearn knew. We all knew. Most importantly of all, Trump himself knew. The debate will probably rage for some time over whether this was actually the most complete performance in the Crucible’s long and illustrious history – but irrespective of that, it is surely impossible to argue that snooker had just witnessed one of the most emphatic coming-of-age displays in the sport’s history.
Written by Aaron Bower at The Crucible
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/06/judd-trump-beats-john-higgins-world-snooker-championship-final under the title “Judd Trump soars to World Snooker Championship win over John Higgins”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
