Stuart Bingham admits he's playing 'pretty close' to his best as he prepares for Judd Trump in semi-final of The Masters
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Updated 13/01/2023 at 22:40 GMT
Stuart Bingham is through to the semi-final of The Masters following a 6-0 whitewash win over Shaun Murphy and the 2020 champion is feeling confident at the moment. In fact, the 46-year-old believes he is playing at "pretty close" to the best of his ability. He laughed to the crowd: "Sorry it was 6-0, it's an early night, but I've got an important match tomorrow night with Mr Judd Trump!”
'I've gone from strength to strength' - Bingham reacts to brilliant Masters win over Murphy
Stuart Bingham admits he is playing “pretty close” to the best of his ability following his 6-0 whitewash win over Shaun Murphy at The Masters on Friday night.
The 2020 champion produced a sizzling display, totally dominating the match to set up a clash with Judd Trump in the semi-final on Saturday.
Bingham had gone close to a whitewash win over Kyren Wilson on Wednesday, too, only for the ‘Warrior’ to win three of the last four frames to make it interesting.
It’s some turnaround in form considering he had previously been dumped out of the UK Championship, the English Open and Scottish Open, as well as the German Masters, at the first round.
Asked in the Eurosport studio how close to his best does he believe he’s playing, Bingham responded: “Very close. I feel pretty close.”
Asked in the Eurosport studio how close to his best does he believe he’s playing, Bingham responded: “Very close. I feel pretty close.”
He added: “I’ve been through it, the last couple of months where everything you can see going wrong, goes wrong, and it's unbelievable when it does go wrong. But when it goes right, it's the best game ever.”
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Unsurprisingly, Bingham was in jubilant form given the manner of victory and addressing the crowd at Alexandra Palace, he laughed: “I thought he [Murphy] was lucky to get nil!
“An unbelievable performance, same again as Wednesday night.
“Before I came out, I was all nervous and that first frame obviously settled me, and I went from strength to strength.
“It [The Masters] brings the best out of me. It's definitely good coming back to a venue where you know you've done the business.
“Unbelievable crowd. Sorry it was 6-0, it's an early night, but I've got an important match tomorrow night with Mr Judd Trump!”
Bingham has credited Chris Henry for his significant improvement, and he once again singled his coach out for praise.
“Working with Chris, I feel like I can trust what I'm seeing. Working basic stuff with Chris and it's obviously working its magic.
“I think I've just gone from strength to strength. I'm knocking hundreds for fun. Everything looks so easy. It’s like the Matrix, what Ronnie sees or what Davis and Hendry see in their day!”
And his display wasn’t lost on Eurosport expert Alan McManus, who said: “He'll be absolutely buzzing because that was the performance of the last three or four seasons by Stuart.
“I thought his performance against Kyren Wilson was an 8.5/9 out of 10. That was 9.75. The only thing missing was a maximum.
“The overall performance was brilliant.”
“The overall performance was brilliant.”
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