Shaun Murphy reeled off four frames in succession to clinch a 7-3 victory over Ronnie O’Sullivan and win his first ever Premier League title crowd at the Potters Leisure Resort in Hopton-on-Sea, Norfolk.

Murphy’s triumph ended O’Sullivan’s five year reign of the event and he acknowledged the Rocket’s stranglehold of the Premier League after the game – “It would have been a great achievement for Ronnie to win it six years in a row and he deserves a lot of credit to win it five years in a row.”

“After losing a 3-0 lead I was about to go into panic mode had it not been for my manager Brandon who said the right things to me and I might’ve twitched up had it not been for that. To go 3-0 up against Ronnie is almost the position you don’t want to be in as you know he will hunt you down” added Murphy.

O’Sullivan admitted that his opponent deserved the win and said: “I’m disappointed but Shaun was strong, scored very well and looked confident around the table so he deserved to win.”

Final Result

RONNIE O’SULLIVAN 3-7 SHAUN MURPHY
O’Sullivan’s scores first
9-119 (Murphy 111), 36-87 (O’Sullivan 35, Murphy 38, 32), 11-100 (Murphy 40, 31), 65-51 (O’Sullivan 34), 88-0 (O’Sullivan 88), 67-61 (O’Sullivan 49, Murphy 34), 27-75 (Murphy 33), 3-126 (Murphy 47, 75), 0-63 (Murphy 63), 67-75 (O’Sullivan 67, Murphy 67)