NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Shaun Murphy and Hossein Vafaei both battled to impressive late night victories at the UK Championship on Tuesday night, downing Dave Gilbert and Mark Selby respectively.
Murphy and Gilbert went all the way to a deciding frame with the Magician edging him out 6-5, but was still finished comfortably before Vafaei downed Selby 6-4.
Into the last 16, the Englishman has booked himself a clash with Judd Trump, while the Iranian has an attractive-looking contest with Jack Lisowski.
Murphy did not hide his delight after coming through a stern test against the Angry Farmer, especially the 133 he made in the tenth frame, saying: ‘I was so proud of myself, the way I stood up to be counted at 5-4, I made a really nice century break. A lot of people would have folded then, but that’s never been my way.