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Star gave a brutally honorable appraisal of his ain performance
- Kealan Hughes, Digital Sports Reporter
- Published: 9:21, 26 Nov 2024
- Updated: 9:22, 26 Nov 2024
SHAUN MURPHY was near bewildered by Stephen Maguire's fearfulness show successful the UK Championship.
The Scot was knocked retired successful the Round of 32 by Kyren Wilson 6-0.
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He failed to onshore a mitt connected the satellite champion, scoring a highest interruption of conscionable 32, portion potting conscionable 57 per cent of his attempts.
Murphy was shocked by that statistic and enactment it down to Maguire having an disconnected day.
He said connected commentary for the BBC: "The 57 per cent cookware occurrence of Stephen Maguire, I’ve ne'er seen that before.
"Who knows wherefore he’s had specified a atrocious day. We’ve each had them, I consciousness for him, but helium volition beryllium back."
Maguire, 43, was scathing of his performance aft the lucifer and was keen to authorities that lone helium was to blasted - not the table.
He told the BBC: "Rubbish, there’s thing much I tin say. Just garbage.
"It’s a hard 1 to take, what tin you do? Just spell location and spot what the next time brings.
"I can’t explicate it, you can’t explicate that, it’s 1 of the worst performances ever. I’m struggling to judge however atrocious that was."
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Trump vs Wilson
SNOOKER's Class of '92 are fading distant - with 2 English superstars acceptable to forge a caller era.
Judd Trump has declared he's acceptable to conflict reigning satellite champion Kyren Wilson for "the adjacent 10 years" oregon more.
Current satellite No 1 Trump admitted Wilson's meteoric emergence implicit the past 12 months has "pushed him forward" arsenic a player.
The Class of '92 refers to the legendary trio of Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins, and Mark Williamson.
With 14 satellite titles among them, the 3 players person dominated UK snooker implicit the past 3 decades.
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In a seprate interrogation with Eurosport, Maguire added: "I’ve nary words for that. Well I person got a word, but I won’t accidental it.
"Listen, it’s thing to bash with the tally of the ball, I was garbage. One happening to beryllium blessed about, astatine slightest it wasn’t a champion of 19 due to the fact that that would person been 10-0. At slightest I tin spell location tonight.
Stephen Maguire derides himself aft UK Championship snooker loss
"I person to support trying. Obviously that lucifer there, I haven’t got a connection for it, but hopefully it’s a one-off."
Wilson, 32, progresses to the Round of 16 wherever helium volition look Chris Wakelin, and helium is 1 of the favourites to triumph successful York aft Ronnie O'Sullivan was dumped retired by Barry Hawkins.
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