Shaun Murphy

Yeah, what a performance from Ali Carter, a worthy 9-6 winner over Mark Williams in Brentwood.

It wasn't the Welshman's day, but that semifinal comeback against Shaun Murphy will be remembered for some time.

And this week we're joined by comedian and snooker superfan, Jamie Hutchinson.

We've got loads to unfold, and it's gonna be an absolute cracker.

And China's Wu Yizhe won the World Snooker Championship.

He beat England's Shaun Murphy eighteen-

Who?

Wu Yizhe.

What name?

Um, what a snooker player.

He beat England's Shaun Murphy eighteen-seventeen in the final, and at twenty-two, he is the tournament's second youngest ever winner.

Well done, Woo Yizza.

I think you will help people who listen to this story who perhaps are having the same feelings because this affects a lot of people in our society.

I remember Sean Murphy being very candid about his personal experience with mental health and getting help.

And I think at the time we all talked about There not being that sort of network of help normally in the pool world.

Perhaps in England, you found that, which is wonderful.

Yeah, there's some very interesting stuff early in the event.

Sean Murphy plays Ryan Evans.

Wakelin against Luca Brassell, the enigma, the ongoing enigma of Luca against a Wakelin who's been, you know, who's had such a good season.

He's back with Chris Henry,

But yeah, it would be really encouraging for Chang that he's come through.

Yeah, because we see these matches from him like that famous Sean Murphy match and when he's on a roll.

he's unstoppable just making huge breaks getting in and winning frames very quickly but he was winning a whole lot of tight frames there so not you wouldn't think it was his game but he came out on top but i suppose you'd say the same about zhao who it looked a bit frustrated at times in what i saw there um which is unusual for him you don't get much out of him ever really nothing seems to bother him but he looked a little bit bothered there but um yeah no i think We want to see a rivalry now.

That would be nice.

This is one where the Chinese players haven't cracked into it yet.

I mean, all five finals we've had have been contested by British players.

Williams has won two, Selby, Ryan Day, that one would be Mark Allen, and Sean Murphy, the defending champion, beat Antoine McGill last year.

It'll be interesting to see how the Chinese players get on this week.

Although he didn't win it.

Masters, Sean Murphy.

Maybe this was another season.

Anyway, it doesn't matter.

So it's marvellous numbers.

I said I wouldn't and I lied because just to make a point, next one thinking to him, we 15 and Sean Murphy 13.

So quite a big gap between the eight and the nine.

Those top eight, you know, and there's other nuances, of course, like in Steve's day, a lot of them weren't even ranking events.

And going back, people like Ray Wynn, it's laughable where they would be, you know.

But anyway, yeah, very high.

Phil, one of the early lines, Sean Murphy, just ludicrous.

I mean, good luck with us with our keyboards and us with our voices trying to sum up these things sometimes.

I think about Belgium football ranked number one, never won a Euros, never won a World Cup.

I think if we look at the snooker players who have never been world number one, Shaun Murphy comes to mind, Ken Doherty comes to mind.

Kyren Wilson has never been number one despite being world champion, but would he trade his world championship for a num- a number one ranking? I don't think he would, but at the same time, there is some kudos with that.

There is the, the bragging rights are attached to this position, and I think they all want it.

I say we.

I've always wondered whether he can put it together for a tournament, and I suppose this week he showed that he can.

And maybe working with Peter Ebdon isn't the worst thing, 'cause Shaun Murphy, his results have improved while working with Peter Ebdon.

It didn't work out for Jak Lazowski, but you know, people are different.