00:00A few years ago, Sean clearly would love to win this in his honour, but he's up against it, 6
00:05-3 down.
00:07I was hoping to pile the pressure on the restart, but it feels like the pressure's back on him now
00:13in the three frames we've got before the interval.
00:16He's got to try and stay in touch here.
00:36Whatever happens, there'll be no time to brood on it either way, will there?
00:38Because they're off to Hong Kong for the World Grand Prix, Trump's match was due to be Tuesday.
00:42It's been moved back to Wednesday, understandably, to give him an extra day to get there.
00:47Murphy also plays Wednesday.
00:54Great pot and quite a nice nudge on the brown ball.
01:06He's hoping to get a good kiss as soon as you make a pot of that kind and head back
01:10to Volk, and certainly he did.
01:13Yes, you could see him sitting down in his chair, actually, as Trump was clearing up.
01:17You know, he came out firing, but he just was a little deflated at that moment when he knew the
01:22frame was slipping away.
01:31That's pretty good.
01:40Six.
02:01I'm not sure Murphy's been in enough finals
02:03enough high profile matches to know that the momentum can shift
02:07this way and that
02:09seeing his hands here to potentially pull one back
02:14certainly try and just focus on what's ahead of him
02:17which is easier to do at the table than sat in that seat
02:20stewing on what's gone on in the last frame
02:3217
02:35I think he's a player Murphy and we've seen it this week
02:37he doesn't scrap out wins does he
02:39when he's winning tournaments and getting to finals
02:42he just seems to play outstanding snooker
03:11well this was his concern
03:12it was the cannon to stay on the black
03:14which just didn't get full enough
03:16so end of break
03:17yeah I mean he just couldn't get into the cue ball
03:19to make that thicker cannon
03:21because of the cueing he had
03:23so
03:24nominating green
03:29yeah
03:29slipped past it
03:36may not be going back
03:37I think he'll be tempted by this long red
03:47there's such a difference between
03:49them being forced into taking on the red like this
03:51when it's your shot
03:52or of course you can have the balls replaced
03:56but of course if he does have it replaced
03:58and you feel that at some point
04:00very soon
04:01Murphy's going to hit the green
04:02and that'll be the end of the matter
04:23oh my goodness me
04:25that cue ball just
04:27did a right angle there
04:31it was a finger mark
04:32you probably won't see it from this angle
04:33but it veered off
04:34quite strangely
04:43yeah it's like one of the greens at Augusta
04:45you know
04:46there's balls sort of
04:47going this way and that
04:49saw yesterday didn't we in the semi-final
04:51by the left middle
04:53attempted a red
04:54and it kind of rolled away from it
04:56yeah it just was going in a certain direction
04:58and it just changed
05:03wow
05:06meant to be a level playing field
05:07we had a very start of the week actually
05:09there was a delay in Mark Allen's
05:12first match
05:13where they had to do something
05:14get a hammer out
05:16there was something underneath the cloth
05:17in the bulk end
05:19which was
05:20we shouldn't have been there basically
05:38win or lose today
05:39I think Judge Trump
05:39looked more confident
05:41today
05:42than I've seen him
05:42for much of the season
05:43you know
05:44even the fact that he took on that long red
05:46when he could have had the balls
05:47put back
05:51this cube was close to the middle
05:54too close
05:55to Trump six
05:57Sean Murphy four
05:58hold on
06:00hold on
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06:07hold on
06:48It's another absolutely stunning long pot.
06:50I mean, that's not a great angle to get down the table from.
06:54It's a missable pot.
06:55He cued it delightfully.
07:06Five.
07:18Six.
07:20Six.
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07:28Six.
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10:28Six.
10:34The standard of long potting has been one absolutely off the charts in this final
10:57bit like the previous frame it's a huge moment isn't it with the Murphy not so far in front as
11:02the
11:02previous but Trump with a chance to mop up and put another frame on the board and
11:10start to take the match away it seems should he do it
11:21just chasing position there still not quite in with this break
11:43yeah that was the worry playing that shot he was always against I think he landing on
11:47something
11:48he hasn't done so
11:50the
12:01the
12:01the
12:02the
12:14To Trump, nine.
12:43Well, if the great John Virgo's watching this match, he'll be having a field day.
12:47This cue ball is sort of gravitating towards various pockets.
12:50Of course, Trump did going off earlier.
12:52And then that angle in the first frame in the night as well.
12:56I think what's also evident is how quick the table is.
13:00I mean, again, that cue ball looked like it was going to stop way shorter there.
13:15Even that shot, you know, the cue ball found a way back down the table.
13:20Some of the players have said it's the quickest table they've played on.
13:23I have a feeling Mark Allen might have said it.
13:25Certainly some players have done this week, and they've played on a lot of tables.
13:51I mean, the long balls have been knocked in, particularly by Murphy.
13:54Quite outstanding.
13:58Yes, he's made this look easy, but it's a tremendous pot.
14:02A lot of accuracy.
14:05In a way, he wishes the cue ball hadn't gone quite that far now because he's in two minds.
14:12He doesn't want to risk the yellow to middle.
14:14It could cost him the frame.
14:18Putting the green safe.
14:20You know, he can do worse than that.
14:21I mean, he might end up needing it, but there's more chance of Trump needing it.
14:26It's almost guaranteed that he will.
14:57He didn't see the hand go up at all.
14:59I mean, he kind of might have played it, I suppose.
15:04It's not the most natural from where the cue ball was to pop the red into the opposite corner.
15:11Yellow ball.
15:17It's a champ.
15:18One.
15:19That's well played.
15:20I mean, he's covered everything.
15:23And that green, strangely enough, that's been put onto that right cushion is in the way, I think, of the...
15:30laying into the bottom red.
15:33Murphy put it there deliberately.
15:35It just made his escape more difficult now that it's there.
16:02Do you remember the way the previous frame ended with a...
16:05a Judd Trump snooker that Murphy escaped from, but, of course, left it on, and he cleared up?
16:20Well, he's left a shot of some kind, but he's...
16:24I think Murphy will have to settle for where he's finished.
16:27He's finished.
16:56He's finished.
17:13I think Sean Murphy must be getting a little concerned that these frames are starting to take something of a
17:18pattern.
17:21He's kind of been having the upper hand in a couple of them, but they've slipped away.
17:38Well, I don't think he'll be trying the pot of any kind. He's a snooker.
17:48Certainly, putting distance between the balls has to be a good thing here.
17:56I just want to put the green into a more potable place and get behind the brown.
18:02It wouldn't be a nice shot that Murphy's faced with from there.
18:07I think that's good.
18:10With the red so tight on the cushion that the target's not huge, he should roll up to it.
18:15But if he gets that shot, he loses the advantage slightly.
18:34Going twice across here.
18:43It's a terrific shot.
18:46But he could lose the advantage because Trump could develop the black, push the black out.
18:54The crowd loved it.
18:56I think, for me, I'd definitely want the black just nudged away from there a little bit into more open
19:01play.
19:07So now it's anybody's frame set up for Trump clearance, I guess.
19:16Yeah, I mean, we could make a great highlights reel of the balls Murphy's potted, but we've been kind of
19:21in isolation.
19:22He needs frames.
19:24Desperately.
19:30Looks a good shot, doesn't it?
19:32A lot of cover there.
19:55Foul enemies?
20:02Sean Murphy?
20:03Yeah.
20:08I have to say, I was a little surprised you missed that.
20:10I think sometimes you play those into the cushion with more pace.
20:14They sort of throw a little squarer.
20:17If you played it slower, I think it would have slid more and you hit the red.
20:21Sean.
20:22Thanks.
20:32Much better at the second attempt.
20:38Now, Murphy really could use another long pot.
20:41He's been sensational at long range, but what would he give for this to go in?
20:45Because it surely would win in the frame.
21:05How important will that be?
21:07Because I think he's left the red on.
21:20Well, Trump is picking up the pieces, isn't he?
21:22He's going to see you this evening in frames.
21:27One.
21:38Yes, it's better than it first looked.
21:39It can get to this.
21:41It's natural to come towards the yellow.
22:00Well, he's put himself under it now.
22:03It feels like every other shot is the biggest of the day.
22:07And this also qualifies.
22:09Could have been much better on this yellow.
22:28Great recovery.
22:29So now, every chance to steal the second frame of the night just as he did the first.
22:40And you can see Sean Murphy the disappointment because he could easily be 5-8 here.
22:47Well, yeah, he must be really feeling that.
22:49It's just a glimmer of hope that the pinkies away from his spot and he won't get on it.
22:54But I think he's going to somewhere slip in behind it from this next shot.
23:11Needs them both.
23:14The pink and Murphy could still tie.
23:18Of course, he won the first frame of the night on the black, Judd Trump.
23:44He's now just three from the title.
23:53Needs them both.
23:53Luke will brew the settings himself.
23:53And this would sometime be pressed at this moment.
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