Judd Trump continues impressive form at the European Masters with win over Jordan Brown
- Planet Sport writer
- 24 August 2023
England's Judd Trump has looked virtually unbeatable so far at the European Masters and underlined that with a 5-0 thrashing of Jordan Brown in the third round.
Judd Trump eased through to the third round of the European Masters with a 5-0 win over Jordan Brown.
Trump recorded his second successive whitewash in Nuremberg, taking the first frame after a half-century break and pouncing when his opponent missed an easy black to take the second.
The two-time European Masters champion recorded a century break in the next before comfortably wrapping up the next two frames to set up a meeting with Chris Wakelin in the next round.
Shaun Murphy also reached round three with a 5-2 victory over Daniel Wells.
Wells led by two frames to one before the world number seven reeled off four straight frames to set up a meeting with Ross Muir.
World champion Luca Brecel recorded a century and three more breaks of over 70 as he beat Ishpreet Singh Chadha 5-3 while Mark Selby beat Adam Duffy 5-1.
Defending champion Kyren Wilson beat Alfie Burden 5-2 while Mark Williams had a break of 124 in his 5-3 success against fellow Welshman Matthew Stevens.
John Higgins saw off Zhou Yuelong 5-2 but fellow former world champion Stuart Bingham crashed out 5-3 to Xiao Guodong.
