“Judd Trump began slowly but shook off a sluggish start to overcome Chris Wakelin at the Players Championship as top-level snooker returned to Telford for the first time in 14 years. The world No. 2 finished strongly to knock in breaks of 67 and a clinical 132 and make sure of his place in the quarter-finals. Elsewhere, John Higgins is in action against Junhui Ding on Monday in the opening round.”