Shaun Murphy believes some snooker pundits and commentators like Stephen Hendry ought to do extra analysis for his or her roles on tv.

The Magician was speaking on the topic after Hendry was criticised on Tuesday for his feedback on the Champion of Champions.

When requested his opinion on girls’s world champion Baipat Siripaporn, Hendry admitted that he’d by no means seen the younger Thai star play.

It prompted an exasperated response from ITV presenter Jill Douglas.

On the most recent episode of his podcast, Shaun Murphy criticised the seven-time world champion and others even additional.

“We’re singling out Stephen Hendry this time as a result of he mentioned it,” Shaun Murphy instructed Phil Seymour on the OneFourSeven Snooker Podcast.

“He’s not the one one who’s mentioned it. (However) I feel it’s poor, don’t you? I feel it’s actually poor.”

“Whenever you’re in that place, and also you’re stood in a studio, otherwise you’re in commentary, it’s important to make it your corporation to search out out a bit bit in regards to the folks you’re going to be protecting.

“I assumed it was poor, however there’s a number of of them. He’s not on his personal, and so they appear to put on it like a badge of honour.

“I don’t actually get it. However Stephen’s previous, he’s grumpy – he simply in all probability can’t be bothered.

“He wouldn’t understand how snooker.org works, he wouldn’t know his means round CueTracker. He’s by no means analysed any play from any participant that he’s protecting.

“He mainly obtained that job as a result of he gained seven world titles, and that’s it.”

Murphy additionally gave his response to the information that reigning champion Ronnie O’Sullivan had pulled out of this week’s invitational.

The Rocket introduced on social media on the eve of his scheduled defence in Bolton that he felt too “drained and harassed” to carry out, apologising to his followers.

“You must take it at face worth, don’t you? You must take it as for what it’s,” Murphy, the 2017 Champion of Champions, mentioned.

“He says that he’s struggling and desires a relaxation, and his psychological well being is struggling.”

“I feel you simply should hope he goes away, will get the remaining he wants, and comes again stronger.

“I feel it’s nice that in latest instances, folks have felt extra assured about discussing their psychological well being.

“It was once a little bit of a taboo topic. I grew up in an period the place it simply wouldn’t have been tolerated to speak about.

“You’d have been instructed to only get on with it – stiff higher lip and all that. That’s how I used to be introduced up.

“However it’s good to see that folks be at liberty and in a position to speak about it.

“I feel it’s an actual disgrace for the event, and I feel it needs to be mentioned that he’s had various well being issues in latest weeks and months.

“So I hope he goes away and will get issues sorted. He pulled out of an occasion citing tennis elbow, and he pulled out of one other occasion for one thing else.

“This one has been for psychological well being issues, so he’s going via it, isn’t he?”

In the meantime, a brand new function of the Champion of Champions is the snooker jerseys that the gamers have been sporting and that are on sale to the general public.

General response has been blended thus far, however there was loads of discuss surrounding appropriate apparel of late.

Luca Brecel has been extremely crucial of the normal look, particularly the bow tie which he believes prices him 20 per cent of his video games.

However the older type is without doubt one of the causes that the game initially gained reputation in China, which after all has grow to be an unlimited marketplace for the sport total.

“I do know once I’ve raised this level with the powers that be in years passed by, that was all the time the reply I used to be given,” Murphy mentioned.

“The old school, conventional, gentleman’s apparel and that complete look was important to snooker’s success in China.”

“And I’d not considered that in any respect. I wouldn’t have put these items collectively had somebody not have instructed me.

“I all the time keep in mind discovering how unusual how a lot energy that the Chinese language market has over our sport globally.

“Why don’t they simply have their occasions gown like that then? I don’t know.

“I’m fairly a traditionalist at coronary heart, and I just like the look of the apparel that we put on. However from a practicality standpoint, it’s not nice.

“I feel we’re in all probability the one sport the place the outfits and the clothes truly hinder you. They make your job harder.”

Brecel didn’t handle to benefit from the extra relaxed clothes on day two of the Champion of Champions.

The world champion was thrashed 4-0 by the in-form Barry Hawkins, who compiled a brace of century breaks and later beat Robert Milkins as effectively to achieve the semi-finals.

On Wednesday, 2016 champion John Higgins enters the fray in opposition to Snooker Shoot Out champion Chris Wakelin.

The winner will play both Zhang Anda or Ding Junhui, the latter receiving a late name as much as exchange O’Sullivan.

Murphy’s group, which additionally contains Judd Trump, Baipat Siripaporn, and his first opponent Gary Wilson, takes place on Thursday.

2023 Champion of Champions (Instances: UTC)

Monday (Group 4)
Final 16 (bo7)
Mark Allen 4-1 Jimmy White
Mark Selby 3-4 Ali Carter

Quarter-Ultimate (bo11)
Mark Allen 6-2 Ali Carter

Tuesday (Group 2)
Final 16 (bo7)
Luca Brecel 0-4 Barry Hawkins
Mark Williams 2-4 Robert Milkins

Quarter-Ultimate (bo11)
Barry Hawkins 6-2 Robert Milkins

Wednesday (Group 1)
Final 16 (bo7)
John Higgins vs Chris Wakelin (1pm)
Ding Junhui vs Zhang Anda (NB 2pm)

Quarter-Ultimate (bo11)
Higgins/Wakelin vs Ding/Zhang (7pm)

Thursday (Group 3)
Final 16 (bo7)
Judd Trump vs Baipat Siripaporn (1pm)
Shaun Murphy vs Gary Wilson (NB 2pm)

Quarter-Ultimate (bo11)
Trump/Siripaporn vs Murphy/Wilson (7pm)

Friday
Semi-Ultimate (bo11)
Barry Hawkins vs Winner of Group 3 (7pm)

Saturday
Semi-Ultimate (bo11)
Winner of Group 1 vs Mark Allen (7pm)

Sunday
Ultimate (bo19)
TBC vs TBC (1pm and 7pm)

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