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.

MURPHY 1-5 MILKINS It’s short and sweet from Rob as he knocks in a break of 24 to get the job done and secure a commanding four-frame advantage with two to play this afternoon. Shaun is nicknamed the Magician and he needs to dig out the spell for high-scoring ASAP if he’s to avoid facing a mountain to climb in the conclusion of this quarter final later this evening. A big half an hour to an hour lies ahead for the No.2 seed.

MURPHY 1-4 MILKINS (16-58) Well, that pretty much sums up Murphy’s afternoon. He finally gets a look at the table but he’s some way off suggesting he can pull off a steal and his misery is compounded when he inexplicably misses the black off the spot. It's surely Milkins’ frame from here… MURPHY 1-4 MILKINS (0-58) There’s a growing confidence about Milkins which is exemplified by a quite brilliant long pot on a red to the bottom left despite having to bridge over the awkwardly positioned green and yellow above the D.

He follows up with a brown to the green pocket before laying a snooker that lures a foul out of a forlorn-looking Murphy. It may be the case Rob can see just how lost the Magician is as he turns down some inviting reds to lay another snooker in baulk. Again, the No.2 seed