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Trump loses out as Ebdon takes control
SHEFFIELD potter Judd Trump crashed out of the Pukka Pies UK Championship at the first hurdle last night after defeat to Peter Ebdon. The world No 30 did well to battle back from 2-0 down to share a 4-4 afternoon interval scoreline in the pair's first-round clash at the Telford International Centre.
But it was Ebdon, a former World and UK champion, who turned on the style in the deciding evening session, as he cantered to an impressive 9-4 victory at this year's 625,000 BBC-televised tournament.
"I played bad again, I didn't score heavily enough so I've got no complaints," reflected Trump. "I've done well to get to 4-4 because it was scrappy in the first session.
"I missed a few easy balls again and you can't afford to do that at this level because you'll get punished."
Steve Davis has urged Stephen Hendry to "give it everything" in his quest to remain among snooker's elite.
Hendry won an absorbing battle between the veteran pair last night in Telford to secure his place in the second round.
After the 9-6 win, Hendry admitted he was finding snooker "torture" and "very frustrating".
The 40-year-old Scot made three centuries in the match but also, like 52-year-old Davis, produced a lot of mediocre snooker.
However Davis believes Hendry does not necessarily need to rethink his ambitions in the game, and he believes the man who won the first of his UK titles 20 years ago can be a contender for the top prizes for several years still.
Davis said: "I realised I was bashing my head against a wall so I stopped practising as much, but that's only been in the last three or four years.
"Stephen's got to give it everything, at least until he's a bit older. He's doing a great job of staying in the top 16. It's a different game to what it was in the 1980s."
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