Judd Trump’s epic 2024 record ended at International Championship

Judd Trump has failed to reach the quarter-final of a tournament for the first time in 2024, beaten by Xu Si in the last 16 of the International Championship.

The world number one has been in incredible consistent form this year and been to the last eight of all 15 events he has played, before this week in Nanjing.

That superb run has been brought to an end by 26-year-old Xu with an impressive 6-4 win over Trump, who turned in a below-par performance.

Xu will not be fussed about Trump’s display, though, as he books his spot in only his third ever ranking quarter-final, with breaks of 104, 76, 76, 69 and 65 along the way.

The Chinese star came into the tournament ranked number 49 in the world, but this run will see him climb the rankings.

He has shown form already this season, with one of his two previous quarter-final runs coming at the Xi’an Grand Prix in August, where he beat the likes of Mark Williams and Stuart Bingham, while he made a 147 in his previous round win over Ryan Day.

It will not get any easier for him, though, with the winner of Mark Selby and Gary Wilson waiting for him in the last eight on Thursday.

Also joining Xu in the quarter-finals will be Chris Wakelin and Jackson Page after both scored impressive wins on Wednesday.

Wakelin downed three-time world champion Mark Williams 6-4, while Page beat Ronnie O’Sullivan’s conqueror, Pang Junxu, by the same scoreline.

It will be a meeting with Jack Lisowski or Xiao Guodong for Page, while Wakelin has earned himself a clash with John Higgins or Lyu Haotian.

There remains a place up for grabs at next week’s Champion of Champions and it will be claimed by the winner in Nanjing if they have not already qualified.

Xu, Wakelin and Page are all still battling to be the last person into the draw in Bolton.

The remaining last 16 ties in Nanjing see Lisowski play Xiao, Wilson meet Selby, world champion Kyren Wilson take on Barry Hawkins and Ding Junhui play Jiang Jun.