Trump Knocked Out But Moody, 18, Reaches Quarters

World number 1 Judd Trump missed retired connected nan Wuhan Open quarter-finals but teen Stan Moody made nan past 8 for nan first clip connected tour.

Trump, nan 2023 champion astatine nan arena successful China, was edged retired 5-4 by chap Englishman Gary Wilson.

Former world champion Trump made 3 50-plus breaks but could ne'er propulsion much than 1 framework up and Wilson took it to a decider, which he dominated to group up a gathering pinch Scotland's John Higgins, who was a 5-1 victor complete Tom Ford.

Promising youngster Moody, 18, from Halifax, hit chap Englishman Barry Hawkins 5-0, pinch a apical break of 108, and said it was nan champion triumph of his career.

"I was successful nan zone. I don't cognize what happened really, I conscionable potted everything," Moody, who is classed 61st successful nan world, told nan World Snooker website.

He will return connected defending champion Xiao Guodong of China, who had a break of 136 connected nan measurement to beating Englishman Matthew Selt 5-2 successful nan past 16.

Mark Williams will meet Chinese subordinate Zhang Anda successful nan past 8 aft winning a tussle betwixt erstwhile world champions, pinch nan 50-year-old Welshman beating Mark Selby 5-3 to scope nan 118th ranking arena quarter-final of his career.

Northern Ireland's Mark Allen swept to a 5-1 triumph against chap left-hander Thepchaiya Un-Nooh of Thailand. China's Si Jiahui awaits Allen adjacent aft a 5-2 triumph complete Scotland's Stephen Maguire.