Northern Ireland Open 2024 LIVE RESULTS: Dominant Kyren Wilson beats rival Judd Trump to win £100,000 final – updates

Good morning!

In case you missed it, Kyren Wilson ran out a super impressive winner of the Northern Ireland Open last night.

The world champion sunk world number one Judd Trump by nine frames to three.

He was sensational in the opening session, taking a 7-1 lead into the evening.

And he needed just four more frames to get over the line, sealing it with his first century of the week.

Two down

And two to go in the Home Nations series.

The four tournaments on home soil also come with a £150,000 bonus!

They are as follows:

• English Open (September 16-22)
• Northern Ireland Open (October 20-27)
• Scottish Open (December 9-15)
• Welsh Open (February 12-18)

The trophies for each of the Home Nations Series events are named after snooker icons of the respective country:

• English Open - The Steve Davis trophy
• Northern Ireland Open - The Alex Higgins trophy
• Scottish Open - The Steven Hendry trophy
• Welsh Open - The Ray Reardon trophy

How much prize money did Kyren Wilson win?

Winning the silverware is obviously the most important part.

But Kyren Wilson also pockets a cool £100,000 in prize money for winning the Northern Ireland Open. Decent.

• Winner: £100,000
• Runner-up: £45,000
• Semi-finals: £21,000
• Quarter-finals: £13,200 
• Last 16: £9,000
• Last 32: £5,400
• Last 64: £3,600
• Last 96: £1,000
• High Break: £5,000

'Privilege'

Kyren Wilson hadn't experienced the one-table set-up in Belfast.

But he was blown away by the atmosphere, ranking it one of the best he's experienced.

He said: “Judd summed it up perfectly. I’ve not had the privilege of sampling this amazing atmosphere and venue. The fans have been amazing.

“Yeah it’s amazing. What Judd’s achieving recently is inspiring. To be as dominant as he has been with the standard on tour these days is phenomenal. I don’t know where he gets the energy from.”

Knuckling down

He admitted he was looking forward to a pint of Guinness after securing his win.

But it's likely it won't be a huge party

In a chat with SunSport, Wilson admitted he had to knuckle down for the season having really celebrated his worlds win.

He told SunSport: “I was mostly enjoying a few late nights. I did not know when to rein it in and stop celebrating.

“I knew I had a very, very busy schedule coming up so I wanted to keep celebrating.

“You get that opportunity only once of being a first-time world champion – so I wanted to enjoy it as long as I could.

“I ended up at a few late-night parties. Drinking far too much.

“My wife Sophie turned to me and said: ‘It’s time to rein it in now. Stop searching for the high through alcohol – and instead get that high by winning again.’ “I’ve got my head back in the game now.

“At one point, I ended up at a house party until 7am and I didn’t even know the person (who owned it). I was there on my own."

SPOTY shout?

A couple of successful players battling out this final.

Any of them a shout for Sports Personality of the Year?

Well, on the long, long list of runners and riders priced up by Sky Bet, neither Judd nor Kyren are included. Ouch.

Ronnie O'Sullivan is a 40/1 shot, representing the sport.

Touching moment

Kyren's young boys were quick onto the floor to congratulate dad on his big win.

But the pair were equally quick across the floor to hug Judd Trump and commiserate him on defeat.

You could tell it meant a lot to Trump, too. They even admitted after the match: "It's nice to be nice."

Quarters run

He came up short tonight, admitting Wilson was too strong for him.

But Judd Trump's remarkable consistency simply has to be applauded.

Incredibly this tournament was his FIFTEENTH consecutive tournament where he's reached the last eight!

And Judd?

Well he'll need to starve this week as he only gets £45,000!

I jest, of course. It's not a bad second prize!

Although, he did call on Eddie Hearn and those in charge to put a little more into the kitty for players.

Speaking ahead of the final, he said: “He (Hearn) can put it on pay-per-view if he wants… get a bit of extra money for us."

How much prize money did Kyren Wilson win?

It's tough being a top sportsman.

I would presume.

But it must be HUGELY satisfying getting your hands on the silverware at the end of a tough tournament.

Kyren Wilson also pockets a cool £100,000 in prize money. Some shift!

Crowning moment

Kyren Wilson with his second ranking title of the season.

You could see how much it meant to him and his family.

And at only 32 years of age, there's plenty of life in the big dog yet!

Taking the match balls home!

He'll head home with the Alex Higgins trophy and the £100,000 prize.

But Kyren Wilson is also taking home some extra memorabilia as a token of his big win.

He told EuroSport: "That's something we're going to do from now on.

"When I won the European masters we took the balls and the cloth.

"It's Stuart Bingham who started it actually, his snooker room has so much history. It's like a snooker museum, I want that!"

Hear from the champion

Now it's Kyren Wilson's turn to react to tonight's final.

He says the ongoing battle with Judd Trump is good for snooker and paid tribute to his opponent.

He said: "I thought the only thing missing today was a century, so it ended with the icing on the cake.

"Judd summed it up perfectly there. I've not had the privilege of sampling this amazing atmosphere and venue. The fans have been amazing.

"Yeah it's amazing. What Judd's achieving recently is inspiring. To be as dominant as he has been with the standard on tour these days is phenomenal. I don't know where he gets the energy from."

Judd reacts

Judd Trump admits Kyren Wilson was 'too good' as he fell to a 9-3 defeat.

He was going in search of his 5th title in Belfast but had a mountain to climb after the first session.

He said: "It was obviously difficult coming back at 7-1 down but it was an amazing reception.

"It inspired me for one frame then I missed an easy ball!

"Kyren was just too good today and the way he's bounced back is inspiring and it's nice to see someone be able to kick on.

"Hopefully in the future we can have many more battles."