Shaun Murphy has suggested that snooker’s governing bodies may be skimping when it comes to trying to eliminate kicks and bad bounces, and improving playing conditions.
Read MoreMURPHY 'KICKS' CLAIMS CHALLENGED BY FERGUSON
MURPHY'S 'CHUBBY' DEAL LOOKS TO BE A GAME-CHANGER
It may not have made too many big headlines, but Inside Snooker was interested to see the link-up between Shaun Murphy and the ISM global sports management company.
Read MoreMY KINGDOM FOR A GLASS...
The plush Crowne Plaza hotel in Berlin, adjacent to the Tempodrom venue and a favourite for players, officials and media, has changed hands since last year’s German Masters, formerly known as the Wyndham Grand.
And the new management were left in little doubt as to some serious shortcomings in the very busy bar area on opening Wednesday night.
Amazingly the 423-room hotel ran out of glasses in the bar, which must be the equivalent of the Munich Beer Festival running out of beer on the first day.
An early casualty was former world champion Shaun Murphy, who arrived having lost a decider to Ben Woollaston and was frankly in need of a drink. A suitable haranguing from World Snooker director Brandon Parker should ensure no repeat for the rest of the event.
SNOOKER'S TOP FIVE AMBASSADORS? WHAT DO YOU THINK...
Risking opening a hornet's nest, we have a go at listing the game's current 'Top Five Snooker Ambassadors'.
Read MoreMURPHY PRESENTS CHARITY CHEQUE
MASTERS CHAMPION Shaun Murphy has handed over a cheque for £5,100 to the Manchester Children’s Hospital - £100 of his own money for every century break he made last season.
Read MoreBRILLIANT BINGHAM IS WORLD CHAMPION
STUART BINGHAM proved dreams do come true by triumphing in the Betfred World Championship final at the Crucible in Sheffield on Monday night.
Read MoreGRACIOUS MURPHY COMES UP SHORT
SHAUN MURPHY just came up short in the Betfred World Championship but his game is in the sort of shape to keep challenging for trophies in future seasons.
Read MoreMURPHY INTO WORLD FINAL
SHAUN MURPHY feels he has changed for the better as a person in the ten years since winning the world title but he remains a fearsome talent on the snooker table, as he proved by completing a 17-9 semi-final victory over Barry Hawkins at the Crucible in Sheffield on Saturday.
Read MoreTHE BIG SHAUN MURPHY INTERVIEW
Before this year’s Betfred World Championship Shaun Murphy spoke about his 2005 win, and fears he had become “a bottler” before a recent strong revival and winning the Masters.
Read MoreFINAL FOUR BATTLE FOR CRUCIBLE GLORY
TWO BECOMES ONE as the Crucible arena is transformed for the semi-finals, with one table, four players and five more days to decide who becomes 2015 Betfred world champion.
Read MoreTEN YEARS ON: MURPHY ON HIS GREATEST MOMENT
A DECADE HAS now passed since Shaun Murphy’s astonishing capture of the world title as a qualifier but the memories remain fresh in his mind.
Read MoreSHAUN MURPHY REMEMBERS LEE SPICK
MASTERS CHAMPION Shaun Murphy remembers Lee Spick, his contemporary on the junior circuit, who died in January at the age of 34.
Read MoreSELBY RETURNS TO WINNERS' CIRCLE IN BERLIN
MARK Selby arrived in Berlin looking exhausted but left it as world no.1 after capturing the Kreativ Dental German Masters at a packed Tempodrom on Sunday night.
Read MoreMURPHY v SELBY IN BERLIN FINALE
SHAUN MURPHY and Mark Selby will set their friendship aside as they battle for glory in the Kreativ Dental German Masters final at the Tempodrom in Berlin on Sunday.
Read MoreSUPERB MURPHY PASSES LIANG TEST
SHAUN MURPHY continued to ride the crest of a wave of form and confidence to reach the Kreativ Dental German Masters final in Berlin on Saturday with another thrilling victory.
Read MoreFOUR SURVIVE FANTASTIC FRIDAY
SHAUN MURPHY will face Liang Wenbo while Mark Selby meets Stephen Maguire for a place in the Kreativ Dental German Masters in Berlin on Saturday.
Read MoreMAGNIFICENT MURPHY COMPLETES TRIPLE CROWN
Shaun Murphy adds the Dafabet Masters to his 2005 World Championship and 2008 UK Championship triumphs with a 10-2 trouncing of Neil Robertson in London on Sunday…
Read MoreMASTERS FINALISTS GET REWARD FOR HARD WORK
BOTH of the Masters finalists, Neil Robertson and Shaun Murphy, can he held up as prime current examples of players leaving no stone unturned to make the best of their ability.
Read MoreROBERTSON AND MURPHY FIGHT FOR MASTERS GLORY
NEIL ROBERTSON and Shaun Murphy will face off for the £200,000 first prize in the Dafabet Masters final on Sunday.
Read MoreMURPHY SETS UP ALLEN SEMI-FINAL WITH MAGUIRE WIN
SHAUN Murphy insisted earlier in the season that he was specifically targeting the Masters this term as the sole Triple Crown title to have eluded him.
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