It’s fair to say that world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan was impressed with his rival Judd Trump at the English Open as he compared him to Lionel Messi
Trump had to come back from 3-1 to win his previous three games at Milton Keynes, but he looked in better touch Thursday night as he reached the quarter-finals
The world number one will next face Kyren Wilson, who beat him in the quarterfinals of the World Snooker Championship in August, and O’Sullivan praised his rival at Eurosport studio after a day he lost to Matthew. Stevens
« When you take 60 breaks and it takes you six, seven minutes, then the other guy [Trump] comes in and hits a 120 in about two minutes, you think, ‘what happened there- low? ‘ »O Sullivan said to Andy Goldstein with Trump by his side
« So all your hard work gets undone very quickly, and that just puts your opponent on the foot
Trump said of his play: « I’m so relaxed there you don’t really care about everything
« It’s kind of what you do in an exhibition, really You just broke it and got out of the cushion
« It’s hard to say you don’t care, but there’s no vibe and you don’t feel any pressure, so you play like you play in practice »
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Source: https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/english-open/2019-2020/it-s-like-lionel-messi-with-the-ball-ronnie-o-sullivan-praises-judd-trump-with-comparison_sto7951651/story.shtml
