Murphy was beaten by amateur Si Jihau in the first round of the UK Championship Snooker’s world number one, Mark Selby, has defended Shaun Murphy’s comments about allowing an amateur player to compete in a professional tournament. Murphy was beaten in the first round of the UK Championship by 19-year-old Si Jihau on Tuesday, later […]

4 years ago

“They better start looking for a job if they don’t like it.” Ronnie O’Sullivan has said that Shaun Murphy may need to “go and get a job” if he doesn’t like playing against amateurs in professional snooker tournaments. Murphy made headlines earlier this week after he lost to amateur Si Jiahui in the first round […]

4 years ago

“It is not fair, it is not right.” Shaun Murphy has criticised the decision to allow Si Jiahu, an amateur snooker player, to compete in the UK Championship. Murphy suffered a shock loss to the 19-year-old in the first round of the tournament on Tuesday. Following his defeat, the 2005 world champion questioned why his […]

4 years ago

Shaun Murphy and Diarmuid O’Keeffe were nudged out of the Wexford dressing room by an amped-up Davy Fitzgerald. Get out then and chat to the press gang. As much as Shaun Murphy and Diarmuid O’Keeffe would have wanted to bolt the door and live in that triumphant moment all day long, they obliged and were surrounded […]

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