Murphy wins third frame with centurypublished at 14:14 BST
14:14 BST
Murphy 3-0 Xiao
Shaun Murphy pots a red, but the cue ball doesn’t fall kindly at all and he is snookered.
Murphy fouls seven times – gifting Xiao Guodong 28 penalty points – while trying to make an extremely difficult shot off four cushions to hit the brown, though he came very close on a couple of occasions.
The Englishman takes a bow when he finally gets it right, and is soon back at the table constructing a break of 103 to win the frame 108-28.
To concede all those penalty points and go on to make a century is very impressive.