Trump suffers surprise defeat by Stevens in China

World number 1 Judd Trump suffered a astonishment conclusion successful nan 2nd information of nan Xi'an Grand Prix arsenic he fell 5-4 to Matthew Stevens successful China.

From 3-1 down against 2019 world champion Trump, Welshman Stevens won nan adjacent 3 frames to return a 4-3 lead.

Trump was trailing by 38 points pinch 27 near connected nan array successful nan eighth framework but earned a decider by forcing a foul connected nan bluish and past connected nan pinkish earlier clearing up and sinking nan respotted black.

Both players had opportunities to triumph nan decider, but 47-year-old erstwhile Masters and UK Championship victor Stevens, now classed 51st, held his nervus to book a spot successful nan past 16 against China's Lyu Haotian.

Englishman Trump, 36, had a 147 successful his opening match this week but has struggled for accordant shape successful nan early months of nan 2025-26 season.

His exit successful China intends he has yet to scope nan quarter-finals of a ranking arena since nan World Championship, erstwhile he mislaid to eventual runner-up Mark Williams successful nan semi-finals successful early May.

Trump's past tourney triumph came astatine nan UK Championship successful York successful December 2024.

Ronnie O'Sullivan breezed into nan past 32 courtesy of a 5-1 triumph against Yao Pengcheng.

Seven-time world champion O'Sullivan, playing his first tourney since losing successful nan Saudi Arabia Masters last successful August, has shown nary signs of rust.

The 49-year-old Englishman began pinch a break of 63 successful nan opening framework and followed pinch a good 128 to return control.

China's Yao struck backmost pinch a 55 successful nan 3rd frame, but nan world number 118 was soon backmost successful his seat.

O'Sullivan asserted his authority arsenic breaks of 53 and 54 helped to group up a gathering pinch Scotland's Stephen Maguire.