In the sixth match of the first round of the just-concluded World Snooker Championship on April 22, 2024, Beijing time, Grand Slam player Shaun Murphy and Chinese player Lu Haotian completed the fourth meeting of their careers. In this game, Murphy played a very strong competitive form.
After 14 rounds of competition, Murphy defeated Lu Haotian 10-5 and successfully advanced to the round of 16 with a single shot of 111 points, 90 points, 71 points, 60 points, 53 points, 53 points, 55 points, 81 points and five consecutive games.
Next, Murphy will compete with the strong Maguire for a place in the quarterfinals of this World Championships.
Shaun Murphy won two games in a row to lead Lu Haotian 3-1
In the first four games between Shaun Murphy and Lu Haotian, Murphy firmly controlled the rhythm of the game, which made it difficult for Lu Haotian to break through in the game. In the first game, Murphy scored 53 points with a single stroke and multiple opportunities to get started, won the first game 71:23, and successfully took a 1-0 lead, ushering in a good start to the game.
In the second game, Murphy scored 71 points with a single stroke and won another game 75:33, leading Lu Haotian 2-0 to expand his advantage in the game.
In the third game, Lu Haotian scored 95 points with his multiple layup opportunities and excellent ability to seize opportunities, and won the game 95:4, thus falling behind Murphy 1-2 and narrowing the difference between the two sides to one game.
In the 4th game, Lu Haotian took the lead in scoring 1 point and made a mistake, and then Murphy scored 90 points with a single stroke and won the game 90:1 to lead Lu Haotian 3-1.
Lu Haotian won two games in a row and fell behind Shaun Murphy 3-6
After returning from halftime, Lu Haotian finally found some form. The game came to the 5th game, Lu Haotian seized the opportunity of Murphy's mistake in hitting the black ball, scored the black ball in the bag, won the game 65:58, and fell behind Murphy 2-3 to narrow the difference to one game.
In the 6th game, Lu Haotian scored 82 points with a single stroke and won the game with a performance of 90:19, thus drawing 3-3 with Murphy. In the 7th game, Murphy won the game 114-5 with multiple opportunities and excellent ability to grasp opportunities, and successfully took a 4-3 lead.
In the 8th game, Murphy scored 64 points with his scattered offense and excellent game control ability, and won the game 64-0, thus continuing to lead Lu Haotian 5-3.
In the 9th game, Lu Haotian took the lead in scoring 20 points and made mistakes, and Murphy scored 111 points with a single shot to win the game 111:20 and lead Lu Haotian 6-3.
Shaun Murphy sealed the win and defeated Lu Haotian 10-5
After the match entered the second stage, Murphy continued to control the pace of the game, while Lu Haotian missed too many opportunities in a number of mistakes. The game came to the 10th game, and Murphy won the game with a performance of 63:58 and led Lu Haotian 7-3.
In the 11th game, Murphy won the game 95-7 with an outstanding performance of 60 points with a single shot and led Lu Haotian 8-3. In the 12th game, Lu Haotian completed a single-game kill with a performance of 63:59 when Murphy scored 53 points in a single stroke, and fell behind Murphy 4-8 to narrow the difference to four games.
In the 13th game, Murphy won the game 80:15 with a single-stroke performance of 55 points, thus leading Lu Haotian 9-4 and taking the lead in getting the match point.
In the 14th game, Lu Haotian scored 117 points with a single stroke and won the game 125:0, falling behind Murphy 5-9. In the 15th game, Murphy won the game with a single-stroke performance of 81 points, thus defeating Lu Haotian 10-5 and successfully advancing to the top 16 of this World Championships.