'I felt like Neo from the Matrix' - Shaun Murphy blown away by 147 and 145 breaks in win over Daniel Wells at Welsh Open

Shaun Murphy felt he had cracked the code and was «like Neo from the Matrix» during a purple patch in his win over Daniel Wells at the Welsh Open. With his form much improved in the 2022/23 season, Murphy hit rare heights in his 4-1 win over Wells. Ad He wrestled the high break from David Gilbert in the second frame thanks to a 145, but that was a mere hors d'oeuvres for the main course of a maximum 147 that followed one frame later.

Welsh Open'Snooker from the gods' — Murphy makes maximum 147 one frame after 1452 HOURS AGO It was near-perfect snooker as Murphy only lost position on one occasion in his 36 pots. He recovered from losing the cue ball a shade from blue to pink to stroke it into left middle, and one ball later the roof was raised as the black dropped into the bottom right for a stunning maximum. Assessing how he felt during that remarkable 20-minute period, Murphy said: “Very briefly, I felt like Neo from the Matrix.

I was seeing green lines everywhere. “That’s what the hours of practice are for, to get in when that happens and try to keep it going. Trump 'is struggling' and only option is to work hard on the practice table — White Hendry was given a Ferrari and a Bentley for World Championship wins “The flipside of that is in the next frame I had a chance to put the match to bed and messed it up, so it does not last forever.

“It’s just your alignment clicks, your sighting clicks, your striking clicks and all the balls go in. Sometimes it is easy, but most of the time it is really hard.” The Welsh Open holds fond memories for Murphy, as it was the last time he got his hands on a title in 2020. That win in Cardiff came a matter of weeks before the world ground to a halt due to the Covid-19 pandemic.