Trump gets one over his deadly rival

SNOOKER: Judd Trump overcame a late hiccup to reach the quarter-finals of the Dafabet Masters with a convincing 6-2 defeat of rival Kyren Wilson.

The world No.5 looked on course for a whitewash as he opened up a 5-0 lead in what had been billed as a grudge match before errors allowed Wilson to pull two frames back.

But Trump soon recovered his composure at Alexandra Palace and wrapped up victory – his first in five matches against Wilson – with a break of 72.

“Everyone had been building it up. We don’t really see eye to eye. Both of us have got massive self-belief,’’ said Trump.

“The two of us clash, we don’t speak. We don’t really get on. I’m happy to have won. It would have been very disappointing to lose.

“I missed an important one to win the match but I did well in the last frame to get over the line.”

n GOLF: Ireland’s Shane Lowry equalled the course record with a stunning 62 in the first round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

Lowry, who is seeking a first victory since 2015, carded 10 birdies and no bogeys to finish 10 under par, three shots clear of Spain’s Pablo Larrazabal, France’s Mike Lorenzo-Vera and the South African pair of Louis Oosthuizen and Richard Sterne.

England’s Ian Poulter overcame the effects of an epic journey from Hawaii to card an opening 66, which was matched by three-time winner Martin Kaymer, Lee Westwood, Soren Kjeldsen and Alexander Bjork.