Betway United Kingdom Championship Semi-Finals !!!!

Come on the Smurph!

What a start , what a break from Murphy.

He deserved the century here.

Wow.

Fabulous break of 99.

1-0 Papa Smurph

What a pot and control.

Awful cut by Shaun, it wasn't that difficult really.

Superb escape from Shaun Murphy.

Just noticed one thing... at the 2014 Masters, Selby beat Higgins 6-5 on the black in the Quarter-Finals, then beat Murhpy 6-1 in the Semis, and had Ronnie in the Final, and we all know how that ended...

Just this small thing, won't mean much tomorrow if they meet sgain.

Why do they call him Slowby? He's far from slow?

Pink Ball wrote:Why do they call him Slowby? He's far from slow?

IIRC, he was a lot slower back when he was coming through. It's noticeable in his early matches.

He's definitely not slow nowadays.

Perfect snooker behind black.

Two bad safeties by Selby here.

Not to alarm anyone, but Santa's sitting in the front row.

And I don't mean all the plums wearing Santa hats.

Brilliant shot

Pink Ball wrote:Why do they call him Slowby? He's far from slow?

For his deliberate slow play and stalling antics. Plenty of examples of it out there.

Murphy is asking for trouble by not getting these easy snookers.

What a frame by Selby.

Murphy.

Getting exposed. as I thought he might. So many poor safety shots.

Not unhappy selby there.

But I noticed that it often happened to him.

Cheshire Cat wrote:Murphy.

Getting exposed. as I thought he might. So many poor safety shots.

Totally agree with u. Murphy's safety is below par.

Cheshire Cat wrote:Murphy is asking for trouble by not getting these easy snookers.

2 easy snookers he missed have in the end cost him the frame.

Echo what everyone else is saying if frames come down to a battle on the colours Marks going to win.

Smurph going to have to do one visit stuff if he's going to have a chance.

buck's sake.

eraserhead wrote:buck's sake.

Murphys weak allround and safety game getting exposed. As expected. The only way guys like Murphy can beat guys like Selby is to keep winning frames in one visit. The moment they fail do that you know they'll be getting beaten

Pains me to say it, but it looks like Slowby's gonna reach the final.

I mean it's fine if you get caught out on a tough safety, but it's textbook safety shots that Murphy can't even consistently do. The two snookers Andre mentioned, I mean that's schoolboy stuff. It was the exact same shot, both times, and he under-hit it both times.

So annoying to watch.

I'm being a bit naughty here and 'assuming' Selby wins this, then Ronnie beats Fu tonight.
That would leave the Masters draw looking like this: (players seeded 9-16 are usually drawn randomly)

1 Ronnie O'Sullivan v ?
8 Neil Robertson v ?
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5 Judd Trump v ?
4 John Higgins v ?
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3 Stuart Bingham v ?
6 Ding Junhui v ?
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7 Shaun Murphy v ?
2 Mark Selby v ?

Ali Carter
Barry Hawkins
Joe Perry
Kyren Wilson
Liang Wenbo
Marco Fu
Mark Allen
Mark J Williams