EPTC4 - Bulgarian Open

Judd Trump got revenge on John Higgins as the 23-year-old cruised to a 4-0 win over the Scot in the final of the Bulgarian Open. It was the second consecutive time that the two had met in the final of a PTC after Higgins had won UKPTC4 over Trump four days beforehand on Wednesday evening. And Trump has also been defeated by The Wizard of Wishaw in two major ranking event finals; this season’s Shanghai Masters and the 2011 World Championship final. But the Bristolian finally secured a victory over his illusive opponent and looked at ease during the whole match.

Trump secured the first two frames and was on course to make his first professional 147 Maximum Break in the third but missed the 12^th red. A break of 63 in frame four was enough to secure the first professional tournament to be held in Bulgaria along with a cheque for £10,000.

Trump had earlier overcome Mark Davis by four frames to two in the semi-finals. Davis had performed well during the competition after being buoyed by the news had had secured a place in both the UK Championship and The Masters due to Stephen Lee’s suspension but was beaten 4-2 by the in-form Trump. Davis had beaten Tom Ford 4-2 in the Quarter Finals. Ford had recorded a 147 break earlier on in the competition during his last 32 match against Matthew Stevens. Trump had booked his place in the semis following a 4-0 whitewashing of Andrew Higginson.

Higgins’ place in the final had been secured following a hard-fought victory over Neil Robertson, who he defeated 4-2. He had earlier whitewashed Rory McLeod 4-0 in the Quarter-Finals whilst Robertson had defeated Ben Woollaston 4-2.