{"id":7404,"date":"2026-04-29T17:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7404"},"modified":"2026-04-29T17:52:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:52:00","slug":"shaun-murphy-credits-unlikely-tv-show-for-run-to-world-snooker-championship-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7404","title":{"rendered":"Shaun Murphy credits unlikely TV show for run to World Snooker Championship semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273714162.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28169947\" alt=\"Halo World Snooker Championship - Day Twelve\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Shaun Murphy is keeping away from snooker in a bid for a second world title (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shaun Murphy says watching Below Deck rather than snooker has helped him on his way to a World Snooker Championship semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>The Magician is into the last four at the Crucible after a superb 13-10 win over defending champion Zhao Xintong.<\/p>\n<p>Having downed Fan Zhengyi in round one, hammered Xiao Guodong in the last 16 and now ousted Zhao in the quarters, Murphy has set up a semi-final meeting with either Neil Robertson or John Higgins.<\/p>\n<p>The 43-year-old has largely been in consistently good form since he won the 2025 Masters at Alexandra Palace, but he feels he has found an added ingredient to the recipe of success in Sheffield this year.<\/p>\n<p>He reckons that keeping his eyes off the snooker, switching off from the tournament as much as possible between matches, has been a big help to him.<\/p>\n<p>He and his fianc\u00e9, Jo, have been busy enjoying superyacht reality show Below Deck rather than safety battles at the Crucible.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tAre you snooker loopy?\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p>You&#8217;re in the right place. I&#8217;m Phil Haigh, and I cover the game we all love for <strong>Metro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In my new newsletter, The Table, I&#8217;ll be analysing the biggest talking points, breaking down frames and crowning the week&#8217;s winners and losers every Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The World Championship is here, so there&#8217;s no better time to sign up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB-MAIN-8adc.png?w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27997408\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Phil has been reporting on snooker for over a decade, since working in World Snooker&#8217;s press office in 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2018One of the other things I\u2019ve done this week, I\u2019ve not watched as much snooker,\u2019 Murphy told the BBC after beating Zhao. \u2018Jo and I have been ploughing through Below Deck, we\u2019re absolutely addicted to Below Deck, absolutely addicted to it. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273612378.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28169082\" alt=\"Halo World Championship 2026 - Day 11\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Zhao Xintong\u2019s reign as world champion is at an end (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve tried to stay away, which is hard for me because I absolutely love it. I love watching it, I love all the things around snooker, I\u2019m still that kid at heart. But for what\u2019s best for performance, I have to try and keep away from it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Murphy was full of praise for Zhao, who had a tremendous season as world champion, winning a hat-trick of ranking events at the World Grand Prix, Players Championship and Tour Championship.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018First things first, I have to say what a fantastic world champion Xintong has been throughout the year. Carried himself so well, carried the game, the reputation, the mantle of carrying that trophy everywhere he goes. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018And of course, he\u2019s delivered the goods on the table for 12 months as well. Won all three of the Players Series, and won events through the year too. What a player he is, what a talent he is. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2259987878.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27871059\" alt=\"WST World Grand Prix 2026\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Zhao won a stunning hat-trick of ranking titles this season (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018I knew going into it, nothing but my best would do. I\u2019m thankful I found it in the third session and I\u2019m delighted. It\u2019s one of the best wins of my career. I\u2019m delighted not just to win it, but to get to the semis.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Murphy is into a sixth Crucible semi-final, but says the nerves at the venue do not ease despite all his experience and any suggestion that he looked relaxed out there was inaccurate.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I should have been an actor, because I certainly didn\u2019t feel that way,\u2019 he said. \u2018But no, I think you know you\u2019ve got to sort of fake it till you make it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You\u2019ve got to try and convince yourself that you\u2019re feeling confident and bang up for it, even though inside you\u2019re very nervous, and you\u2019re shaking, and all the rest of it. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273705366.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28169041\" alt=\"Halo World Snooker Championship - Day Twelve\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Shaun Murphy faces Neil Robertson or John Higgins next (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve been coming here since I was nine years of age and it still gets you, every time you walk down those steps, every time you shake hands and go to battle in the Crucible, it\u2019s still as nerve wracking as the first time. Every time feels like a debut and whilst it still gives me that buzz, I\u2019ll keep coming.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>After inflicting the Crucible curse on Zhao, the Cyclone becoming the 21st first time defending champion to fall to it, Murphy thinks it will last forever.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018No, never. There\u2019s a reason why it\u2019s called the Crucible curse,\u2019 he said on whether it will ever be broken.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You\u2019ve got to be careful, those snooker gods are always listening.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We\u2019ve all watched enough and we\u2019ve all been around the block long enough to; I don\u2019t think the Crucible curse will ever be broken.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Stephen Hendry makes Zhao Xintong prediction after shock Crucible exit<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Shaun Murphy invokes Crucible curse as Zhao Xintong falls at World Championship<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Paul Scholes blown away by \u2018unbelievable\u2019 Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan Crucible experience<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card accent--snooker\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card__inner\">\n<h4>The Table<\/h4>\n<p>Stay ahead of snooker&#8217;s next big break with Metro&#8217;s resident expert Phil Haigh in his new weekly newsletter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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