NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Shaun Murphy is frustrated with his fellow snooker professionals for not promoting their sport enough, and specifically with Ronnie O’Sullivan’s ‘irritating’ attitude when he talks about the game.
Murphy was buoyant after his last 32 victory over Dave Gilbert at the UK Championship on Tuesday, coming through a cracking contest to pick up a 6-5 win.
The Magician was delighted with his victory, pumped up after struggling for regular wins in recent times, and was not afraid to admit that snooker means a huge amount to him, when other players claim it does not.
‘There are lots of players on tour that say things currently about how little this game means to them, how much they don’t like it, that they don’t play for fun anymore. It means absolutely everything to me,’ Murphy said after beating Gilbert at the Barbican, York.