Mark Selby questions Shaun Murphy claim as snooker rival ‘talks a lot of rubbish’

Snooker star Mark Selby couldn't resist poking fun at Shaun Murphy's bold statement about achieving a nine-darter.

Selby, 41, cruised past Ali Carter with a 6-1 victory to secure his spot in the quarter-finals of the Masters. The world number five outclassed Carter, delivering impressive breaks of 62, 108, and 93 as he dismissed the world number 11.

Murphy, who juggles playing with punditry duties during the Masters tournament, lauded Selby's performance at Alexandra Palace.

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Yet, rather than simply accepting Murphy's commendation, Selby took the opportunity to rib 'the Magician' for his insistent assertion that he's among the exclusive few to have hit a 147 in snooker, thrown a nine-darter in darts, and achieved a hole in one in golf.

When the BBC conveyed to Selby that Murphy regards him as being on top form, the 'Jester from Leicester' glanced towards the commentary box and quipped: "Yeah, but he talks a lot of rubbish. He reckons he's had a nine-darter as well."

Murphy did little to convince anyone that his ambitious nine-darter claim holds water, sticking to his guns on the Onefourseven podcast, where he remarked: "At the end they told me to throw some darts. I haven't played darts for nearly 15 years," reports the Express.

"Let me just point this out there, to be clear, I never claimed to be a really good darts player, ever. I used to play socially, once or twice a week in my old pub in Manchester when I lived up there a long time ago. I never claimed to be any good at