Stephen Hendry has credited Shaun Murphy for adding a darker side to his game.The Magician was in superb form at the Masters, but has cut a far steelier figure at the table during crunch moments - earning praise from Scots snooker hero Hendry, who said he previously considered Murphy to be too much of a poser during major events.
The seven time world champion, working as a pundit for the BBC commented: "Shaun said at the UK Championships that he was too nice.
He certainly looks an angrier snooker player out there, a more determined snooker player. "Shaun was guilty in the past, I thought, of posing a little bit.
He'd be looking about smiling, I always thought he needed a bit of nastiness. A mean Shaun Murphy could be a dangerous proposition.
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