Shaun Murphy's warning to World Championship rivals after winning Tour Championship - 'A handful for anyone'

03.04.2023 - 09:37 eurosport.com

Shaun Murphy warns he can be a «handful for anyone» after winning the Tour Championship on Sunday to pick up his second title within five weeks.

Murphy won the tournament, considered the biggest event outside of the Triple Crown, after coming from 4-0 down to beat Kyren Wilson 10-7, and he has now picked up £150,000 in prize money.

Ad It is the first time in Murphy's career he has won two ranking titles in the same season and his total of 11 ranking titles puts him ahead of Jimmy White in the all-time list.

Tour ChampionshipMurphy battles back from losing first four frames to down Wilson in Tour Championship final12 HOURS AGO Murphy, now fourth in the official rankings, believes he can take his fine form and renewed confidence into the 2023 World Championship, which gets underway on April 15. “I am blown away, and delighted to come here off the back of the performance at the Players Championship and to win again,” Murphy said. “The second half of the first session was pivotal, to come from 4-0 down to 4-4 gave me a massive foothold in the match. “Around 6-6 or 7-6, I challenged myself to find another gear.

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Si Jiahui is destined to become China's first world snooker champion, according to 2005 Crucible winner Shaun Murphy. World No. 4 Murphy lost 10-9 to the attacking 20-year-old talent in a major upset in the first round of the World Championship on Thursday night as Si proved that form counts for little at the sport's biggest tournament.

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World Snooker Championship 2023: Kyren Wilson hits five centuries to storm past Ryan Day, Shaun Murphy trails Si Jiahui

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World Snooker Championship 2023 LIVE: Jack Lisowski eyes victory before Judd Trump, Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy

Lisowski 6-3 Saengkham (6-31) Ad Not for long: Jack runs out of position, then leaves a dolly to right-middle; can Noppon make this third chance count? Er, he overruns so has to play a cut-back red from on the top rail… he does so well… and he's looking a bit more controlled now. World ChampionshipWorld Championship LIVE — O'Sullivan battles illness to beat Pang15/04/2023 AT 07:55 Lisowski 6-3 Saengkham (2-18) Immediately, Noppon gets in, but pink and black are tied up so he's work to do to manufacture something here. But he cannot, missing a red to right corner… only for Jack to miss a blue to the green… only for Noppon to miss a cut-back red.