Judd Trump calls for changes to £550,000 snooker tournament as he hails event as one of top three in the calendar

JUDD TRUMP reckons one tournament on the snooker calendar doesn’t get the love it deserves.

World number one Trump has rated the German Masters as one of the top three events of the season and wants more to be made of the tournament he has won three times.

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Trump, 35, reckons the crowd at the Berlin Tempodrom is up there with the Crucible and Alexandra Palace.

He told Metro: “Berlin is probably third place in terms of the crowd interaction and how good the crowds are, especially when you get to that final weekend and how passionate they are.

“The crowds in Berlin and the noise when you come into the final is very close to, or on a par with, the Masters.

“I think those two are out there on their own in terms of how good you feel when you play on the final weekend.”

However Trump, who won the German Masters in 2020, 2021 and 2024, reckons that more could be made of the tournament.

Claiming that the total prize pot of £550,000, of which £100,000 goes to the winner, doesn’t reflect the prominence that the event deserves in the calendar.

He added: “I’d like to have seen it grow somehow, I think the tournament deserves to be bigger than it is.

“I don’t think it should be on a par [in terms of prize money] with some of the other events like the Home Nations, although Northern Ireland is the exception.

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“I think Germany should be up there, just behind the UK [Championship], but it’s not really gone anywhere, it’s stagnated a little bit.

“There should be a few changes to make a bit bigger than it is because the crowd over there deserve it.

“It’s a little bit disappointing because I feel like they could even hold the Tour Championship or something over there.

“The crowd deserve something bigger. Its excellent to have a tournament there, but the fans deserve a bigger, more prestigious event.”

The German Masters gets underway today and runs until February 2, with Trump beginning his efforts in a clash against David Grace.

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