00:00Magic number eight in this session
00:01Two and a half thousand people packed in to watch this pair
00:12And in terms of atmospheres, Alan McManus
00:16This one rates very highly on the snooker calendar on finals day
00:21Yes, absolutely it does
00:23Good afternoon, Philip and everyone watching
00:30It feels like it's going to be a classic, doesn't it?
00:33With good reason
00:34The best player in the world in the rankings in Judd Trump
00:38Against, I think, for me, the best player all told this season
00:44Although there's not much in it
00:46But he's certainly been the best player this week
00:48Sean Murphy
01:00They've only dropped 12 frames between them
01:03In their five matches
01:04Murphy just five
01:05He whitewashed Mark Allen
01:08He beat Kyron Wilson
01:115-1
01:12And then yesterday, Neil Robertson 6-1
01:15And for Trump, it's been nearly as straightforward
01:35Chung Kar Wai, 5-0
01:37Ryan Day, 5-0
01:39Sergei Wei, 5-2
01:41Xiao Guadong pushed him
01:43And actually led that match 3-2
01:45Before Trump came through 5-3
01:47And then last evening
01:49A 6-2 win against Ali Carter
01:51Who pulled a couple of frames back after the interval from 4-0 down
01:54But Trump was able
01:55To seal in the end
01:57A comfortable victory
02:00Could have been a worse nudge off that middle pocket jaw for Murphy
02:12And as mentioned, Trump has held sway in their recent rivalry
02:19Overall, he leads 19-10
02:21But eight of the last nine have gone Trump's way
02:25This tournament holds special significance for Sean Murphy
02:52As we know, back in 2020, Brandon Parker, former world snooker tour director
02:58And Murphy's close friend and manager
03:00Passed away
03:02And of course, he was instrumental in bringing this great event to the snooker calendar
03:10So for Murphy, it would be particularly special
03:13To add this title to his collection
03:17And for Judd Trump
03:29Curiously
03:30Without a title in 2025
03:33Of any kind
03:34As Murphy
03:37Fails with the long red
03:40He's got to go back to the 2024 UK Championship
03:44For the last time he won anything
03:45Which is clearly surprising
03:47Given he's been the serial winner on tour
03:50For the last seven or eight years or so
03:51Prior to this little drought
03:54But he's now up to six on the one-year list
03:58So that's evidence of how consistent he's remained
04:00Which is now não recording have happened
04:02So that's the point
04:03So that we're going to be finished
04:04damit
04:10That's what we're going to happen
04:10So that's the point
04:12So that we're going to have a status
04:14So that's theä¸ of a news
04:17Yeah, that's quite unfortunate
04:41to catch the green
04:43full on like that
04:45so a couple of
04:46half chances for Trump.
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06:17And this tournament is one that he has particularly excelled in down the years.
06:30He said ahead of this final that any tournament you can win multiple times, you have a different
06:35feeling when you show up very happy members are playing here and winning here
07:05i think he finds himself in an unusual situation judd in this final in a couple of ways
07:35it's unusual that the number one ranked player in the world would go into
07:44big final having lost four on the spin big finals that is
07:50and it feels like he knows that he's playing against a guy that
07:55in some way it's good news that it's quite clean cut he must play somewhere near his best
08:01if he's going to beat murphy that's the way it feels good start
08:0725. every shot yesterday and throughout the tournament as usual has been given the full
08:18attention by trump
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08:48if trump does win today he'll move to 31 ranking titles just two behind john higgins who's in third
09:05on the all-time list of course behind andrian at the top with 41 o'sullivan
09:1040. as we know trump changed his cue back in the autumn of last year which didn't work out for him
09:21he also changed to a titanium ferrule which he didn't get on with but since he switched again
09:29he's looked a lot more convincing particularly his long game seems to have returned which is normally
09:37such a weapon for him
09:42and he's still miles in front in terms of the overall official ranking list 400 000 points
09:51give or take ahead of kyra wilson with the chance of course to add more today
10:05he's still miles in front in the middle of last year
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10:29Sixty-one.
10:46Sixty-two.
10:56Murphy resigned to losing this one.
10:57This is frame ball.
10:59As usual, the crowd acutely aware of the key ball.
11:15This is to make sure.
11:18Seventy.
11:19Seventy-two.
11:28When Murphy played at the Grand Prix this season, he was clearly the best player and a firm favorite going into the final against Mark Williams.
11:36Seventy-eight.
11:38But couldn't replicate the level in the final that he had getting to it, and Williams played exceptionally well, and that was a combo that saw Williams win comfortably.
11:48So Murphy will be mindful that to get the better of Trump, he's going to have to maintain the stellar standards he's produced this week.
11:58Eight centuries from Murphy in this tournament.
12:11Trump going for his sixth.
12:24Mighty free.
12:29Mighty free.
12:32What a start to the final.
12:43What a start to the final.
12:45Judge Rump's 44th century of the season to kickstart the German Masters final.
13:14Well, in fine style, the world number one leads Sean Murphy at the Temper Drone.
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