The second EPTC tournament in Bruges, Belgium Shaun Murphy in the final with 4-2 triumph over Matthew Couch. Here, the world champion from 2005 did hard at the beginning of the endgame. After 38 minutes, secured the first bed frame in the moon. Then Murphy turned on properly.
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Murphy vs. Williams in the semifinals
Freezes for Einsle and Münstermann
Figueiredo stumbled early
He won with breaks of 58 and 70 points in three frames in a row. Although coffee was approached again, but with a 104 Murphy made everything clear. Shaun Murphy had previously bitten by the semi-final 4-3 against Mark Williams.
The second match of the semifinals went the full distance. Matthew Couch sat through against Fergal O'Brien. Earlier, Matthew Couch was the marathon man in Bruges: his 4-2 quarter-final over Ricky Walden took almost four hours. Frame four took an hour alone - and couch it in the end won by a single point on black.
Murphy makes leap in world ranking
In the PTC Ranking Barry Pinches defended, despite his first-round defeat in Bruges his lead, Mark Williams and Mark Selby. Shaun Murphy after his victory, leaped from 26th to sixth position. Matthew Couch was advancing to rank 13 After the tournament in Bruges, the world ranking list was updated. Even before it was clear that Neil Robertson will be the new number one from Ali Carter and John Higgins.
The move into the Top 16 ranking as number 13 added Peter Ebdon and Jamie Cope managed to rank 14th These two belong to the group of seeded players for the UK Championship and the Masters. dropped out of the elite circle Liang Wenbo are ranked 21 and Ryan Day, which crashed from twelfth on Square 23.
