Shaun Murphy makes maximum 147 one frame after 145 break against Daniel Wells at Welsh Open - 'Snooker from the gods'

Shaun Murphy turned on the style with a 145 break followed by a maximum 147 in back-to-back frames against Daniel Wells in their Welsh Open round-of-16 clash. After a couple of years in the doldrums, Murphy has shown signs of a return to form in the current campaign. Ad He hit form in blistering style against Wells at Venue Cymru in Llandudno on Thursday evening.

Welsh OpenBarca v Man Utd score alert interrupts Murphy-Wells clash at Welsh OpenAN HOUR AGO The opener — which was interrupted by a football score alert from the Barcelona v Manchester United match — went Murphy's way with a polished break, but it gave no indication of the brilliance which was to follow. Murphy went into the match knowing the target for the high break was David Gilbert’s 142, as he asked Eurosport’s Michael McMullan that question before entering the arena. In the second frame, he put himself in pole for the £5,000 prize with a sizzling 145 total clearance.

That number has proved beyond many in the game who have not hit a maximum, but Murphy was not one for resting on his laurels as he kicked into overdrive in the following frame. It became evident after four reds and with the cluster opened nicely that the maximum was on his mind. The 2005 world champion strode round the table with an air of authority, and never missed a beat.

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 Time and again he kept finding perfect position, and it seemed a certainty that he would make the 10th 147 in Welsh Open history. That was until he ran slightly out of position from blue to pink. It was a tight cut into left middle, but it dropped — to the delight of the