Murphy burns midnight oil to win

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Despite dominating the majority of the match, and leading by three frames early in the evening session, the Englishman struggled to shake off his obdurate opponent from Hong Kong.

In the best-of-19-frame match, Fu led 9-8 but Murphy took it to a decider and, with the nerves jangling, left his opponent needing snookers with a remarkable fluked pink. And, after a brilliant doubled red, Fu conceded to hand the Yorkshireman a 10-9 victory.

Murphy had not won a tournament match this season before arriving in Shropshire, but the 2005 world champion knocked out Martin Gould, Mark Allen, Stephen Lee and Stephen Maguire to secure his place in the final.

Murphy admitted he had felt under pressure after his miserable recent run.

"It's been a while," he told BBC2 of his title win.

"I don't think I've ever felt pressure like that before, even when I won the world title in 2005. It was even harder because it's been a long time since I even competed at a tournament.

"So to win one of the majors again is massive."