Shaun Murphy reels in Robert Milkins to make Tour Championship semi-finals
Shaun Murphy hit back to beat Robert Milkins 10-8 and book his place in the Duelbits Tour Championship semi-finals in Hull.
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Shaun Murphy avenges Welsh Open final defeat with Tour Championship last-eight win over Robert Milkins
Shaun Murphy went some way to avenging the Welsh Open final loss to Robert Milkins as he came from behind to beat the 'Milkman' 10-8 and claim his place in the Tour Championship semi-final. Trailing 5-1 and then 6-3 at one stage and with history looking destined to repeat itself, Murphy rallied to win five consecutive frames, holding his nerve to see the job through. Ad He will play Mark Selby or Ryan Day next.
Tour Championship snooker 2023 LIVE - Shaun Murphy is trailing against Robert Milkins in third quarter-final
MURPHY 1-5 MILKINS (5-0) Shaun is first to show and changes tact with a clever snooker tight to the yellow just left of its spot. Ad Milkins comes off the left and cushion and then low down to the right but he fails to clip the red near to the pocket. Tour Championship'Do I have a career in snooker any more?' – Murphy reveals he was ready to quit26/03/2023 AT 08:35 He just about makes it count on the second with the merest of flicks but Murphy lays another trap and appears to hold the early initiative in Frame 7.
Wilson eases into Tour Championship semi-finals
Kyren Wilson eased into the semi-finals of the Duelbits Tour Championship in Hull with a convincing 10-4 win over Ali Carter on Tuesday.
Top seed Mark Allen falls to Ding Junhui at Tour Championship
Ding Junhui overcame top seed Mark Allen 10-5 at Hull's Bonus Arena on Monday evening to advance to the semi-finals of the Tour Championship.
No Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson or Judd Trump: What shock Tour Championship line-up tells us ahead of Crucible
Anyone who predicted that not one of Ronnie O’Sullivan, Neil Robertson, Judd Trump, John Higgins or Mark Williams would be in Hull deserves either a pat on the back or equal billing at Derren Brown’s next stage show. These star names have between them reached only one ranking final all season: Trump lost to Mark Allen in the World Grand Prix’s title match in January. Ad Trump did win the Masters and O’Sullivan was successful at the Champion of Champions, but these are not ranking events and so didn’t count towards Tour Championship inclusion.
Tour Championship 2023 snooker - Latest scores, results, schedule, order of play as Ronnie O'Sullivan misses out
The build-up to the upcoming Snooker World Championship continues with the penultimate ranking event of the season. The 2023 Tour Championship will see the top eight players on the one-year ranking list heading to the Bonus Arena in Hull for the event.
Shaun Murphy reveals he was ready to quit sport - 'Do I have a career in snooker any more?'
Shaun Murphy has revealed he was ready to quit playing snooker after struggling with loss of form, weight gain and mental health issues over the past few years. Murphy ended a three-year wait for a ranking title with a blistering performance at the Players Championship that culminated in a 10-4 triumph against Ali Carter in Wolverhampton earlier this month.