Shaun Murphy likes new status of 2012 Wuxi Classic: 2012-13 Snooker Season – Snooker Update
Former World Snooker Championship winner from England, Shaun Murphy will begin his 2012-13 Snooker Season campaign participating in the 2012 Wuxi Classic snooker tournament which was an invitational event before. However, now it has been give the status
of a major ranking tournament of the yearly calendar.
During the final proceedings of the 2012 World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, the Chairman of World Snooker, Barry Hearn, visited the venue and made an announcement that the snooker governing body around the globe, World Professional
Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) has made Wuxi Classic a major ranking event.
Impressive fan following and players’ interest were the major reasons behind making the Chinese event a major ranking contest. The new status of the Wuxi event was appreciated by the critics as well as potters.
Murphy, who had played Wuxi classic a couple of times, also liked the new status and believed that it will be a great opportunity for potters to improve their skills while the tournament will play an important role to promote snooker across China and the
World.
While speaking in his interview with TheSnookerBlog.com, Murphy said, “I’ve fond memories of the Wuxi Classic as I won it in 2010 when it was an invitational. With snooker booming in China, it is now a ranking tournament and another great opportunity for
us to go out there and further the sport.”
The Magician added, “The crowds really turn out for the big names and Chinese players – especially Ding Junhui as it’s his hometown. After China, it’s the World Six Reds Championship in Thailand and then onto Australia for the Goldfields Open. I feel fresh
and I’m raring to go.”
Murphy will begin the season with his match against the winner of the Wilds Card Round match between Ken Doherty and Lu Ning in the 2012 Wuxi Classic. After that he will head to Bendigo Stadium arena in Victoria to take part in the 2012 Australian Goldfields
Open where he will meet the Scotsman Marcus Campbell in the opening round. It will be interesting to see what impact Murphy can make during the new snooker season.
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