{"id":7998,"date":"2026-05-03T08:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T08:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7998"},"modified":"2026-05-03T08:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T08:27:06","slug":"how-peter-ebdon-makes-his-presence-felt-while-shaun-murphy-is-at-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7998","title":{"rendered":"How Peter Ebdon makes his presence felt while Shaun Murphy is at the table"},"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\/05\/GettyImages-2237956686.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28214430\" alt=\"2025 Unibet British Open - Day 7\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Shaun Murphy and Peter Ebdon celebrate British Open success earlier this season (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The link-up between Shaun Murphy and Peter Ebdon continues to be an impressively successful one, with the Magician just one win away from conjuring up a second world title.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy has been superb in Sheffield this year, beating Fan Zhengyi, Xiao Guodong, Zhao Xintong and John Higgins to set up a final with Wu Yize.<\/p>\n<p>He brought former world champion Ebdon into his corner in late 2024 as he looked for an extra dimension to his game in his forties, a move which had almost instant success.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2025, Murphy surged to the Masters title, his first Triple Crown success in a decade and told Metro: \u2018I feel like Peter Ebdon has stripped me back to brick in a very short space of time. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018He saw through some of the outer shell and into my soul and has stripped me of all my defences and got right to the heart of the issue very quickly, it\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The partnership has borne fruit far quicker than I could have imagined and hopefully we\u2019re just getting started. There\u2019s plenty of room in my trophy cabinet.\u2019<\/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 analyse the biggest talking points, pull back the curtain on the sport and crown the biggest winners and losers every week.<\/p>\n<p>The next edition will look back on what has been a great World Championship yet again, 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>Murphy has since added the British Open to that trophy cabinet and can now get his hands on the World Championship if the next two days go to plan.<\/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\/05\/GettyImages-2194785938.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28214437\" alt=\"Johnstone's Paint Masters 2025 - Day 8\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Ebdon was instrumental in Murphy\u2019s 2025 Masters win (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ebdon has been an influence on him in terms of confidence, tactics and work rate off the table, while he also makes his presence felt in the arena.<\/p>\n<p>Having sat behind Ebdon for the first session of Murphy\u2019s semi-final against Higgins, the man once known as The Force was unexpectedly noisy at times.<\/p>\n<p>At one stage early in the match, Murphy played a safety shot from baulk and Ebdon was enthusiastically clapping before the white passed the blue spot, with the rest of the crowd slightly confused as to why, but then watched the cue ball duly return to nestle right on the baulk cushion.<\/p>\n<p>Another seemingly straightforward pink to middle also got a hearty clap from the balcony, with no one else joining in.<\/p>\n<p>These bursts of applause came between substantial note-making in his book, scribbling which began after just one shot of the match.<\/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-2273714162.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28169947\" alt=\"Halo World Snooker Championship - Day Twelve\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Murphy has been superb on his way to a fifth Crucible final (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On whether he feels Ebdon\u2019s influence while at the table, Murphy said: \u2018Yeah, totally. I think that\u2019s where him being a former player, and somebody who\u2019s walked out into that room and been the man to walk away with the trophy, he appreciates just how hard it is. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018And he might applaud or shout for something that perhaps is unseen to others. And he knows exactly what I\u2019m going through. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018We\u2019ve been together two years now. We\u2019ve put a lot in that others haven\u2019t seen, that people just don\u2019t see. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018I know we put all our life on social media, but there is a small bit we keep to ourselves and in those moments are where tournaments are won. And it\u2019s in those moments where we\u2019ve worked very, very hard and it is a real team effort.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify\">\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Talking Snooker Episode 252 - LIVE FROM SHEFFIELD: Rishi Persad World Championship special\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/7d93iE0GZqMrdJUMhkPqRa?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Murphy says Ebdon\u2019s contributions from the crowd are not quite getting messages across to him at the table, but more just his natural enthusiasm for the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I think for him it\u2019s just a release,\u2019 said the 43-year-old. \u2018He puts so much into it, he\u2019s so committed. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018He coaches like he played. He\u2019s playing every ball, and if he could be out there with a cue, he would be. He\u2019s living and breathing it. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018[Fiance] Jo and I are fine. Peter needs a medic backstage! Listen, it means so much.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Murphy and Wu begin their World Championship final at 1pm on Sunday.<\/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: John Higgins predicts when his final Crucible appearance will be<\/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: The story behind Shaun Murphy\u2019s game-changing break-off<\/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: Wu Yize\u2019s incredible rags to riches journey to World Snooker Championship final<\/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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