Tour Championship snooker 2023 LIVE – Shaun Murphy faces off against Robert Milkins in third quarter-final
WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT THEN…
Well, the Tour Championship is a very new tournament on the snooker calendar with Ronnie O’Sullivan winning the inaugural event in 2019.
It consists of the players topping the one-year rankings with Stephen Maguire lifting the trophy in 2020 before Neil Robertson triumphed two years running.
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None of the aforementioned stars have qualified this year which means we will have a new name on the trophy come Sunday evening.
DID YOU KNOW?
Murphy has made a break of at least 133 in each of his last five outings.
CAN THE MAGICIAN CONJURE UP A SECOND WORLD TITLE?
It’s no secret on Tour that Shaun Murphy is enjoying a real resurgence.
He started out as the second favourite for the £150,000 prize in Hull this week and is many observer’s tip to go deep at the Crucible next month.
A YEAR TO REMEMBER – BUT CAN MILKINS DREAM EVEN BIGGER?
The 47-year-old Bristolian has had something of a purple patch in 2023 with the Welsh Open title underlining a spell where he has also reached the last four of the German Masters and the quarter finals of the Players Championship. Can he upset the odds again today or will Murphy avenge that Welsh Open loss?
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GOOD AFTERNOON
Hello again and welcome to LIVE updates of the third quarter final of the 2023 Tour Championship in Hull.
The No.2 seed Shaun Murphy locks horns with No.7 seed Robert Milkins in a best of 19-frames encounter.
The players are due at the table for the first of two sessions from 13.00 BST.
Tour Championship quarter-final schedule
Monday March 27
13:00 and 19:00
- Mark Allen 5-10 Ding Junhui
Tuesday March 28
13:00 and 19:00
- Ali Carter 4-10 Kyren Wilson
Wednesday March 29
13:00 and 19:00
- Shaun Murphy v Robert Milkins
Thursday March 30
13:00 and 19:00
Wilson eases past Carter to set up Ding semi-final clash
Kyren Wilson advanced to the Tour Championship semi-finals with a masterful display to secure a 10-4 win over Ali Carter.
Carter came into the tournament in fine form, after his victory at the German Masters and securing his Crucible seeding, but it proved to be Wilson’s day.
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