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12/23/2024 02:02:45 am

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China Sports News: Former World Champ Shaun Murphy Defeats China’s Zhou Yuelong 6-1 at Snooker UK Championship

Former snooker world champion Shaun Murphy

(Photo : Reuters) Former snooker world champion Shaun Murphy of the United Kingdom defeated young challenger Zhou Yuelong of China, 6-1, during the 2015 Betway Snooker UK Championship held at the York Barbican in York, England last Saturday.

Former snooker world champion Shaun Murphy of the United Kingdom defeated young challenger Zhou Yuelong of China, 6-1, during the 2015 Betway Snooker UK Championship held at the York Barbican in York, England last Saturday.

It was a "fine display of break-building" for the 33-year-old ex-champ to defeat his 17-year-old nemesis in the round-of-64 stage of the prestigious British tournament, as per Xinhuanet.

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World no. 4 Murphy zoomed his way to a 4-0 advantage after breaks of 63, 124, 100, and 73 respectively, before giving up a table to Zhou then racking the next two en route to the lopsided win.

The report also mentioned that with the win, Murphy was able to redeem himself from a shocking 2-4 loss to Zhou's 15-year-old compatriot, Yan Bingtao, during the 2015 Champion of Champions professional snooker tournament held earlier in the month.

"It's good to build form through a tournament, although when you start as well I have there's not much room for improvement," Murphy said. "There are things I can do better but if I keep playing like that I'll take some stopping. You don't win a tournament in round two so I need to keep that standard for the next game."

The Harlow, England native also acknowledged his opponent's "bright future" in the sport and complimented Zhou as a "World Champion in the making".

"I knew my job ahead of me," Murphy told the York Press. "I know how good these lads are and I knew I had to play somewhere near my best to really have a chance."

"He (Zhou) has an extremely big future in this sport. If he keeps playing and applying himself, and doing the right things, I think he's a world champion in the making. He's very special, that boy," he added.

Murphy now moves on to the tourney's round-of-32 where he would meet the winner of the match between fellow Englishman Ben Woollaston and Scotland's Ross Muir.

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