Lucky Break

As you may already know Graeme Dott was forced to pull out of the Grand Prix because of a broken arm. This meant his opponent would get a bye into the random second round draw, that person was 19-Year-Old Judd Trump.

Judd is being hailed as a future star for the game, he hit a 147 in tournament play when he was 14 and apparently he hit one in practice at 10 years old. This season he has qualified for every tournament but he is still frustrated at a slow rise in the rankings, 41st in Main and 40th in Provisional. 

Last season he qualified for the Welsh Open and did well against Ronnie O'Sullivan before succumbing 5-3.

He finished disappointingly last season with a 10-9 defeat to Joe Swail in the Final Qualifying Round of the World Championships.

But with this bye and a promising start to the season, things are beginning to look for ''The Ace''.

For tomorrow's draw it would be nice to see Judd avoid players like Ronnie and possibly play one of the weaker players so Judd has a chance ti reach the latter stages.

Whoever he gets, I will be supporting him all the way. (Unless he gets Michael Holt, my favourite player)