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Murphy retains Classic

Eurosport
ByEurosport

Published 15/08/2009 at 20:46 GMT

Shaun Murphy successfully defended his Paul Hunter Classic title in Furth, Germany by beating Jimmy White 4-0 in the final.

SNOOKER Shaun Murphy 2009

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The former world champion showed no ill-effects from his recent case of swine flu to romp through the busy 180-man tournament that included 33 main tour professionals.
Two mini-breaks in the opening frame of the final set him on his way before efforts of 81, 88 and 74 wrapped up the victory.
His toughest match came in the semi-finals when he edged out Rory McLeod 3-2 on the black in the final frame. McLeod was in hot form going into the match having whitewashed Ryan Day and Mark Selby in the previous two rounds.
White continued his good recent form by beating Stephen Maguire, Michael Holt, Mark Davis and Joe Swail on his way to the final.
Also notable was the performance of Belgian sensation Luca Brecel. The 14-year-old beat Joe Perry in the last 64 before losing to Jimmy Michie in his next match.
As well as winning the event ,Murphy also had the highest break of the tournament - a 139 effort - while Swail saw a 147 effort end on the final red.
Final:
Jimmy White 0-4 Shaun Murphy
Semi-finals:
Shaun Murphy 3-2 Rory McLeod
Joe Swail 1-3 Jimmy White
Quarter-finals:
Shaun Murphy 3-1 Ken Doherty
Ryan Day 0-3 Rory McLeod
Joe Swail 3-1 Jimmy Michie
Mark Davis 1-3 Jimmy White
Last 16:
Shaun Murphy 3-1 Alan McManus
Ken Doherty 3-1 Daniel Wells
Mark Selby 0-3 Rory McLeod
Stuart Bingham 1-3 Ryan Day
Joe Swail 3-1 Itaro Santos
Marcus Campbell 0-3 Jimmy Michie
Mark Davis 3-1 Andrew Higginson
Jimmy White 3-1 Michael Holt
Last 32:
Shaun Murphy 3-1 Rod Lawler
Fergal O'Brien 2-3 Alan McManus
Barry Hawkins 1-3 Ken Doherty
Daniel Wells 3-0 Mark King
Mark Selby 3-0 Igor Figueiredo
Rory McLeod 3-2 Ricky Walden
Stuart Bingham 3-2 Michael Judge
Barry Pinches 1-3 Ryan Day
Maurice Le Duc 2-3 Itaro Santos
Dominic Dale 0-3 Joe Swail
Dave Harold 1-3 Marcus Campbell
Jimmy Michie 3-0 Luca Brecel
Judd Trump 1-3 Mark Davis
Andrew Higginson 3-1 Jamie Cope
Michael Holt 3-2 Gerard Greene
Jimmy White 3-0 Stephen Maguire
Last 64:
Shaun Murphy 3-0 Michael Betzinger
Rod Lawler 3-0 Roman Dietzel
Fergal O'Brien 3-0 Volker Lawetzki
Alan McManus 3-0 Sebastian Kan
Barry Hawkins 3-1 Frans Van Eekelen
Jack Lisowski 2-3 Ken Doherty
Daniel Wells 3-1 Misja Van Vonderen
Mark King 3-1 Krzysztof Wrobel
Mark Selby 3-0 Christian Schrick
Tom Ford 2-3 Igor Figueiredo
Rory McLeod 3-0 Jurgen Van Roy
Ricky Walden 3-0 Eddy Kindermans
Stuart Bingham 3-0 Kevin Lammermann
Mohammed Naeem 0-3 Michael Judge
Barry Pinches 3-1 John Higgins
Ryan Day 3-0 Lasse Munstermann
Warren Smith 1-3 Maurice Le Duc
Matthew Selt 0-3 Itaro Santos
Dominic Dale 3-0 Sascha Lippe
Joe Swail 3-0 Rene Van Rijsbergen
Dave Harold 3-0 Joris Maas
Marcus Campbell 1-3 Kuldesh Johal
Jimmy Michie 3-0 Alain Vandersteen
Joe Perry 0-3 Luca Brecel
Judd Trump 3-2 Chris McBreen
Mark Davis 3-0 Robert Drahn
Andrew Higginson 3-2 Tony Drago
Jamie Cope 3-0 Jurian Heusdens
Michael Holt 3-0 Patrick Dauscher
Gerard Greene 3-1 Lee Richardson
Jimmy White 3-0 Jorn Hannes-Huhn
Stephen Maguire 3-0 Mike Henson
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