Shaun Murphy: Won deciding frame to reach round two in Berlin
Shaun Murphy edged past Snooker Shoot-Out champion Barry Hawkins to reach round two of the PartyPoker.net German Masters.
The 2005 world champion won 5-4 in the all-English clash thanks to a break of 82 in the deciding frame.Murphy appeared to be in trouble when he trailed 4-3 at Berlin's Tempodrom, with Hawkins at the table in frame eight.But Murphy levelled before taking out the decider.Having earned £32,000 for his weekend win in Blackpool, Hawkins was forced to settle for a first-round loser's cheque worth £3,100 this time around, as Murphy set up a clash with Ricky Walden.Scotland's Stephen Maguire trounced Welshman Ryan Day 5-1 and will face world champion John Higgins in his next match.In the evening session, Mark Williams routed Ken Doherty 5-0 as he began the defence of his title in convincing style.The Welshman rolled in breaks of 50, 51 and 107 on his way to a whitewash over Doherty, who had earlier beaten Germany's Patrick Einsle 5-1 in the wild-card round to progress.Tough"To beat anyone 5-0 is a good result," Williams told worldsnooker.com. "Ken's a very tough opponent so to beat someone of his calibre is even better."This is an excellent arena so I want to still be here at the weekend to take in the atmosphere."Higgins wrapped up a 5-1 win over Mark Davis but admitted: "It was scrappy. I'm glad to get through, but I need to improve. Mark has been playing really well recently and that must have been one of his worst performances."Walden was more convincing as he piled up breaks of 102, 81, 57 and 73 in beating Martin Gould 5-1, while a run of 99 was the highlight of Stephen Lee's 5-2 victory over Adrian Gunnell.Read more https://www1.skysports.com/snooker/news/12243/7472618/