
Shaun Murphy faces one of the toughest possible starts if he is to realise his ambition of joining an exclusive club of multiple ‘triple crown’ title winners when the UK Snooker Championship kicks off in York on Saturday.
The Sheffield 42-year-old has won one each of the three biggest tournaments over the course of his career but admitted he would feel like he had not fulfilled his potential if he finishes without managing to add to that tally.