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Former world champion Shaun Murphy passionately defends ‘smelly’ Crucible
- Player slams World No 19 Vafaei for criticism of snooker venue
- Mark Selby beaten 10-6 by Joe O’Connor and ponders his future
The former world snooker champion Shaun Murphy has made an emotional intervention in the row brewing about the historic Crucible Theatre which was described as “smelly” by Hossein Vafaei on Sunday, while the seeds continued to fall with Mark Selby and Gary Wilson crashing out.
Selby, a four-time world champion, said he will seriously consider whether to carry on playing after losing 10-6 to his fellow Leicester player Joe O’Connor on Monday.
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