Judd Trump v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh live stream | World Open Semi-Final preview
Trump and Un-Nooh face off in a battle of the left-handers (Credit: PA Images)
Judd Trump and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh lock horns in a battle of attacking left-handers on Saturday for a place in the World Open final.
Two of the game’s most exciting players go head to head at Yushan Sport Centre, with either Ronnie O’Sullivan or Wu Yize awaiting the winner in Sunday’s showpiece.
The pair have previously met at this event – doing so in the 2019 final, when Trump prevailed 10-5 to lift the first of his two World Open trophies.
That represented one of Trump’s seven victories in nine meetings with Un-Nooh, including a 10-9 win on the way to his World Championship triumph earlier in 2019.
The world number one, who also won this event two years ago, is now just two wins away from completing a hat-trick of World Open titles, following a solid week during which he has compiled a tournament-high eight centuries.
Mark Lloyd and Florian Nuessle were swept aside 5-1, before Trump enjoyed a pair of 5-2 victories over Jackson Page and Robbie Williams, while Hossein Vafaei was also beaten 5-1 in the quarter-finals.
The German Masters champion will now contest his seventh semi-final of the season, and his 74th in a ranking tournament.
By contrast, this is Un-Nooh’s first since the 2022 Scottish Open when, ironically, he defeated Trump in the quarter-finals before succumbing to eventual champion Gary Wilson.
The Thai beat the latter in the quarter-finals this week, during which he has dropped just five frames on route to the last four.
Un-Nooh, who has also beaten David Grace, Michael Holt and Marco Fu in Yushan, can still claim the last remaining place at the 12-man Tour Championship, but must lift the trophy this weekend in order to do so.
The world number 39 has enjoyed a welcome return to form at what appears to be one of his favourite events, having also reached the World Open semi-finals back in 2016.
If both players produce their attacking ‘A’ games, it could be an exciting and quickfire battle for the right to face O’Sullivan or Wu in the championship match.
The match breaks off at 11.30am GMT (7.30pm local time) and will be contested over the best of 11 frames at Yushan Sport Centre.
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