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Shaun Murphy beats John Higgins in thriller to reach another Crucible final
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Shaun Murphy beats John Higgins in thriller to reach another Crucible final

The Independent·Mark Staniforth·about 1 month ago
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Shaun Murphy twice overturned a two-frame deficit in the final session to beat John Higgins 17-15 and seal his place in his fifth World Snooker Championship final. Murphy was forced to dredge up his best form to see off the 50-year-old Scot in a titanic tussle that looked nailed-on for a decider until Higgins fluffed a black on a break of 50. Higgins’ miss gave Murphy a chance and despite a rare miss with the rest he seized on a second chance to clear to black and give himself a shot at a first title since his solitary win in 2005. Murphy told the BBC: “I just came out today knowing if I got my chances I could score. At the interval I was just saying to myself, ‘you’ve done it before, now you can do it again’. “But John Higgins – what a player and what a man. The harder it gets out there the tougher he gets and the better he plays.…

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