Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)

JUDD MAX FACTOR IN RON RACE

- HECTOR NUNNS

JUDD TRUMP insists he can overhaul Ronnie O’sullivan’s record of 15 maximum breaks after rattling in a second 147 in under a month.

The Juddernaut (above) is still to drop a frame in two matches at the Scottish Open after a second 4-0 whitewash win – this time against Mitchell Mann.

And the highlight was the perfect break in the very first frame – the world No.3’s eighth career maximum.

And this time Trump, 33, got a first-bump and pat on the back from Mann and a handshake from referee Luise Kraatz.

For his last one in the Champion of Champions final earlier this month, eventual winner O’sullivan snubbed Trump by remaining in his chair.

And even though Trump had to sit next to the Rocket in the Eurosport studio after this latest achievemen­t, there was again no gesture.

Trump said: “That is the third one in the calendar year and two in the space of a month.

“I didn’t get anything out of Ronnie again... I mean, he was up in the Eurosport box, so I don’t know if he was wanting me to make it or miss it!

“There is always a chance of getting to the 15 because of the age gap. The last few years I have started to make them more consistent­ly.”

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