▁Mark ▁Williams ▁to ▁qual ify ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁Bah rain ▁Championship . ▁He ▁won ▁a ▁qual ifying ▁event ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁to ▁gain ▁entry ▁into ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁Masters ▁as ▁the ▁only ▁qual ifier , ▁but ▁was ▁defeated ▁by ▁Mark ▁Allen ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round . ▁He ▁again ▁failed ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁main ▁stage ▁of ▁the ▁World ▁Championship , ▁losing ▁ 8 – 1 0 ▁to ▁Stephen ▁Lee ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁qual ifying ▁round , ▁having ▁led ▁ 6 – 3 . ▁Lee ▁noted ▁that ▁Trump ▁had ▁not ▁followed ▁the ▁custom ▁of ▁apolog ising ▁for ▁fl uk ed ▁sh ots ▁during ▁the ▁match , ▁and ▁concluded ▁" all ▁I ' ve ▁heard ▁about ▁for ▁the ▁last ▁five ▁years ▁in ▁my ▁area ▁is ▁how ▁good ▁he ▁is , ▁and ▁he ▁is ▁good ▁.. ▁but ▁he ' s ▁blow n ▁a ▁ 6 – 3 ▁lead ▁today ▁and ▁hopefully ▁that ▁will ▁stick ▁with ▁him ▁for ▁a ▁while ▁yet ." ▁Trump ▁ended ▁the ▁season ▁in ▁the ▁Top ▁ 3 2 ▁of ▁the ▁rank ings ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time . ▁He ▁was ▁co ached ▁for ▁a ▁short ▁time ▁by ▁Tony ▁Ch app el . ▁ ▁He ▁won ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁Championship ▁League ▁to ▁qual ify ▁for ▁the ▁Premier ▁League ▁event ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁year , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁won ▁four ▁of ▁his ▁six ▁matches ▁including ▁a ▁ 4 – 2 ▁win ▁over ▁Ron nie ▁O ' S ull ivan . ▁He ▁finished ▁second ▁in