▁a ▁semi - final ▁meeting ▁with ▁Stephen ▁Mag u ire . ▁Trump ▁initially ▁rac ed ▁into ▁a ▁ 2 – 0 ▁lead ▁only ▁to ▁lose ▁five ▁frames ▁in ▁succession ▁to ▁the ▁re ju ven ated ▁Mag u ire . ▁Trump ▁pulled ▁back ▁two ▁more ▁frames ▁and ▁looked ▁set ▁to ▁force ▁a ▁dec ider ▁after ▁a ▁ 5 0 ▁break ▁in ▁the ▁t enth ▁frame , ▁but ▁Mag u ire ▁ground ▁out ▁the ▁frame ▁and ▁won ▁the ▁match ▁ 6 – 4 . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁World ▁Open , ▁Trump ▁gained ▁reven ge ▁over ▁Joy ce ▁by ▁dispatch ing ▁him ▁ 5 – 0 ▁and ▁beat ▁N ig el ▁Bond ▁ 5 – 1 , ▁before ▁Matthew ▁Stevens ▁won ▁their ▁last ▁eight ▁match ▁ 5 – 3 . ▁Trump ▁qualified ▁for ▁the ▁P TC ▁Final s ▁by ▁finishing ▁second ▁on ▁the ▁Order ▁of ▁Mer it , ▁but ▁lost ▁to ▁Alf ie ▁Bur den ▁ 3 – 4 ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round . ▁He ▁also ▁lost ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁China ▁Open ▁ 3 – 5 ▁to ▁good ▁friend ▁Jack ▁Lis owski , ▁surrender ing ▁his ▁world ▁number ▁one ▁ranking ▁to ▁Mark ▁Sel by ▁in ▁the ▁process ▁and ▁head ed ▁into ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁World ▁Championship ▁in ▁less ▁than ▁aus p icious ▁form . ▁ ▁Trump ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁prepared ▁better ▁than ▁ever ▁for ▁the ▁World ▁Championship ▁and ▁beat ▁Domin ic ▁D ale ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁for ▁the ▁second ▁year ▁in ▁a ▁row , ▁this ▁time ▁by ▁