On January 20th, Beijing time, the final of the 2025 Snooker Masters came to a successful conclusion. In the final, "The Magician" Shaun Murphy played extremely aggressively, defeating world number two "Kyren Wilson" 10-7 to win the championship. In this competition, Murphy took a commanding lead of 6-2 in the first stage.
Wilson narrowed the scoreline to 7-8 in the second stage after trailing 2-0 and 4-1 in the first stage, which ended with a score of 6-2. In the second stage, Murphy once led 8-4, but the tenacious Wilson caught up to 7-8.
The Snooker Masters is one of the three major snooker events that all players attach great importance to. This year's Masters saw defending champion "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan withdraw from the tournament due to his poor performance in the Champion League, even throwing his cue into the trash bin, and "Melbourne Machine" Neil Robertson stepped in as a replacement before the start of the Masters.
Robertson, who replaced O'Sullivan, performed well enough in the first round, eliminating four-time World Championship winner "John Higgins" 6-5. Unfortunately, he lost to fellow 80s player "The Magician" Shaun Murphy in the round of 16.
In the first four frames of this match, Murphy showed an extremely aggressive performance, scoring two breaks over 50 (90 points, 67 points), while Robertson also had a break over 50 (79 points).
Murphy temporarily led Robertson 3-1 in the first half. After the intermission, Murphy continued his strong play, launching another 3-1 offensive, sweeping Robertson out with a total score of 6-2. In the game, Murphy even attempted a maximum break of 147 points, but unfortunately was not successful.
However, it didn't matter, as the 147 points were achieved in the semi-finals. Murphy scored a maximum break of 147 points in the 6-3 elimination of "Little Cannon" Mark Allen, entering the final with an extremely hot state. In this final, Murphy was like a cheat, with the first stage scores being 2-0, 4-1, 6-2. In the second stage, he continued to exert himself strongly, eventually winning the championship with a score of 10-7. Congratulations to Murphy.