▁of ▁the ▁International ▁Championship ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁knock ed ▁out ▁ 4 – 9 ▁by ▁D ing ▁Jun hui . ▁He ▁had ▁a ▁surprise ▁ 2 – 6 ▁defeat ▁to ▁Oliver ▁L ines ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁UK ▁Championship . ▁He ▁was ▁ 5 – 1 ▁up ▁on ▁H igg ins ▁in ▁the ▁semi - final s ▁of ▁the ▁Scottish ▁Open ▁as ▁he ▁made ▁three ▁centuries ▁and ▁a ▁ 9 9 ▁break , ▁but ▁H igg ins ▁recovered ▁to ▁win ▁ 6 – 5 . ▁In ▁an ▁extremely ▁high ▁quality ▁first ▁round ▁match ▁at ▁the ▁Masters , ▁Trump ▁made ▁two ▁centuries ▁and ▁Marco ▁Fu ▁three , ▁followed ▁by ▁nine ▁further ▁breaks ▁above ▁ 5 0 ▁as ▁Fu ▁ed ged ▁through ▁ 6 – 5 . ▁ ▁Haw kins ▁missed ▁a ▁match - ball ▁yellow ▁in ▁their ▁quarter - final ▁cl ash ▁at ▁the ▁Wel sh ▁Open , ▁and ▁Trump ▁cleared ▁the ▁colours ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁match ▁ 5 – 4 . ▁He ▁then ▁defeated ▁Scott ▁Donald son ▁ 6 – 3 ▁to ▁play ▁Stuart ▁B ingham ▁in ▁the ▁final ; ▁he ▁was ▁ 0 – 4 ▁down , ▁before ▁recover ing ▁to ▁lead ▁ 8 – 7 , ▁but ▁lost ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁frames ▁and ▁the ▁match . ▁Another ▁final ▁followed ▁at ▁the ▁Gib ral tar ▁Open ▁as ▁he ▁come ▁back ▁from ▁ 0 – 2 ▁down ▁in ▁the ▁semi - final s ▁against ▁Ryan ▁Day , ▁but ▁he ▁lost ▁the ▁final ▁ 2 – 4 ▁to ▁Mur phy . ▁He