▁Trump ▁had ▁failed ▁to ▁escape ▁from ▁a ▁s no oker . ▁O ' S ull ivan ▁afterwards ▁described ▁the ▁match ▁as ▁the ▁hard est ▁of ▁his ▁career . ▁At ▁the ▁Masters , ▁Trump ▁lost ▁ 4 – 6 ▁against ▁Stephen ▁Mag u ire ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round . ▁He ▁made ▁the ▁second ▁ 1 4 7 ▁of ▁his ▁career ▁in ▁the ▁quarter - final s ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Masters , ▁but ▁was ▁knock ed ▁out ▁ 4 – 5 ▁by ▁Mark ▁Sel by . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁inaug ural ▁World ▁Grand ▁Prix , ▁Trump ▁elimin ated ▁Mark ▁Williams ▁ 4 – 3 ▁on ▁the ▁final ▁black , ▁but ▁then ▁fell ▁ 1 – 5 ▁behind ▁against ▁Martin ▁G ould ▁in ▁the ▁semi - final s . ▁However , ▁he ▁then ▁took ▁five ▁success ive ▁frames , ▁out sc oring ▁G ould ▁by ▁ 3 9 5 ▁points ▁to ▁ 3 7 , ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁match ▁ 6 – 5 . ▁He ▁played ▁O ' S ull ivan ▁for ▁the ▁third ▁time ▁in ▁a ▁final ▁this ▁season ▁and ▁was ▁ 4 – 7 ▁behind , ▁but ▁then ▁won ▁six ▁frames ▁in ▁a ▁row , ▁which ▁included ▁a ▁ 1 4 2 ▁break ▁( the ▁highest ▁of ▁the ▁tournament ), ▁to ▁finish ▁ 1 0 – 7 ▁and ▁claim ▁his ▁second ▁title ▁of ▁the ▁season . ▁He ▁also ▁reached ▁the ▁semi - final s ▁of ▁the ▁P TC ▁Grand ▁Final , ▁where ▁he ▁lost ▁ 2 – 4 ▁to ▁Williams . ▁ ▁At ▁the