Former winner Judd Trump became the biggest first-round casualty at this year\u2019s World Snooker Championship on Wednesday, slipping to a 10-6 defeat against qualifier Anthony McGill.
\nMcGill, ranked 21 in the world, reached the semi-finals in Sheffield in 2020 and has beaten Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan, Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy at the Crucible.
\nTrump, the 2019 champion and last year\u2019s losing finalist, suffered his first defeat in the opening round since he lost to Rory McLeod in 2017.
\nThe fifth seed trailed 6-3 going into the concluding session but soon reduced that deficit to 6-5, with breaks of 68 and 58.
\nIn frame 12 he led 40-0 when he ran out of position, and Scotland\u2019s McGill made him pay.
\nThe Englishman hit back to take the 13th to make it 7-6 at the interval, only for his opponent to dominate the next two frames.
\nMcGill, 32, made 45 in frame 16 before missing the black, but Trump potted just one red then missed the black himself, and McGill added 30 for victory.
\n\u201cI didn\u2019t feel amazing but I played well enough to capitalise,\u201d said McGill. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter how bad Judd plays, his standard is such that he can\u2019t play that badly, but he wasn\u2019t at his best.\u201d
\nTrump said he had been \u201cvery rusty\u201d this season.
\n\u201cI just missed too many easy balls,\u201d said the 33-year-old. \u201cI had loads of chances in today\u2019s session but I couldn\u2019t take them, and you can\u2019t expect to play like that and win in the World Championship.\u201d
\nEarlier, 2020 runner-up Kyren Wilson produced the first maximum 147 break of this year\u2019s tournament in his opening-round match against Ryan Day.
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