Snooker news - Shaun Murphy and Judd Trump progress into Scottish Open third round with routine wins
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ByEurosport
Published 12/12/2018 at 22:42 GMT
Shaun Murphy cruised into the third round of the Scottish Open after beating Michael Holt 4-0 on Wednesday night in Glasgow.
Shaun Murphy
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The world number 11 will face Nigel Bond next after a comfortable win over the Hitman, enjoying breaks of 47, 54 and a 47 in the final frame.
Murphy hasn't had the best of recent record in the Home Nations series, but he will be growing increasingly confident of that changing in Glasgow.
He told Eurosport: "I'm absolutely not happy with my form, but the way it's been for me this season, you have to forget about how you do it.
"Where my confidence has been and where the results have been this season, it's all just about getting the result.
"There were parts when I hit the ball well, there's a long way to go, and I'm still here."
Judd Trump also won his race to four with ease, opening up and closing with century breaks in his 4-0 win over Ben Woollaston in just 50 minutes.
The Northern Ireland Open champion punished his opponent for missing a straightforward pink in the first frame, and he clinched the second with another brilliant long red.
Woollaston conceded the third frame after missing a routine black, and Trump produced another century in the fourth to complete the whitewash and underline why he is the man to beat this week.
Trump told Eurosport: "The scoreline was a little bit flattering, I think. My tip is playing really soft so it's hard to really feel what I'm doing out there. With all the tournaments going on, you don't have a lot of time to practice with a new tip.
"This would be a nice competition to do well in again. In Scotland, John Higgins will always be the man to beat, so hopefully I can go deep into the tournament."
Meanwhile, Kyren Wilson continued his fine form with breaks of 72 and 105 in his 4-0 demolition of Paul Davison. The Warrior is into the last 32, where a mouth-watering battle against Joe Perry lies in wait.
SCOTTISH OPEN SECOND ROUND RESULTS
- Joe Swail 2-3 Mark Joyce
- Mark Davis 2-3 Zhang Anda
- Matthew Stevens 4-2 Elliot Slessor
- Chen Feilong 1-4 Mark Allen
- Ryan Day 1-4 Anthony Hamilton
- Ben Woollaston 0-4 Judd Trump
- Tian Pengfei 4-0 Robin Hull
- David Gilbert 1-4 Daniel Wells
- Jimmy Robertson 4-1 Jack Lisowski
- Paul S Davison 0-4 Kyren Wilson
- Michael Holt 0-4 Shaun Murphy
- Marco Fu 3-4 Alfie Burden
- Luke Simmonds 3-4 Yuan SiJuan
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