▁ 4 – 0 . ▁Trump ▁reached ▁the ▁final ▁of ▁the ▁Premier ▁League ▁having ▁be ating ▁Neil ▁Robert son ▁in ▁the ▁semi - final s , ▁but ▁lost ▁ 2 – 7 ▁to ▁Stuart ▁B ingham . ▁In ▁the ▁defence ▁of ▁his ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁UK ▁Championship ▁title , ▁Trump ▁played ▁Mark ▁Joy ce ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round . ▁Despite ▁leading ▁ 3 – 0 ▁and ▁ 5 – 2 , ▁Trump ▁lost ▁the ▁last ▁four ▁frames ▁of ▁the ▁match ▁to ▁suffer ▁a ▁major ▁shock ▁exit ▁against ▁the ▁world ▁number ▁ 5 0 . ▁The ▁disappoint ment ▁was ▁comp ounded ▁when ▁Mark ▁Sel by ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁title , ▁rec laim ing ▁the ▁top ▁ranking ▁in ▁the ▁process . ▁Trump ▁was ▁defeated ▁ 1 – 6 ▁by ▁Gra eme ▁D ott ▁at ▁the ▁Masters ▁and ▁ 4 – 5 ▁by ▁Anthony ▁Hamilton ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Masters . ▁He ▁reg ained ▁his ▁form ▁and ▁the ▁world ▁number ▁one ▁ranking ▁at ▁the ▁Wel sh ▁Open . ▁He ▁came ▁back ▁from ▁ 1 – 3 ▁down ▁to ▁beat ▁Domin ic ▁D ale ▁ 4 – 3 ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round , ▁after ▁which ▁he ▁assert ed ▁that ▁" play ers ▁are ▁changing ▁their ▁game ▁to ▁play ▁slower ▁against ▁me . ▁Domin ic ▁was ▁too ▁slow ▁for ▁himself ▁and ▁it ▁caught ▁him ▁out ▁towards ▁the ▁end ". ▁More ▁comfortable ▁vict ories ▁en su ed ▁over ▁Andrew ▁H ig gin son ▁and ▁P ank aj ▁Adv ani ▁to ▁set ▁up