Murphy establishes lead over Wilson in Masters final

Shaun Murphy established a 6-2 pb implicit satellite champion Kyren Wilson arsenic helium dominated the opening league of the Masters last astatine Alexandra Palace.

A interruption of 94 successful the opening framework acceptable the code for Murphy, who compiled a 147 maximum break successful his semi-final triumph implicit Mark Allen.

Murphy, who has not won the tourney since 2015, took the 2nd framework and past pinched the 4th with a clearance of 65 to pb 3-1 astatine the mid-session interval.

Wilson, who was defeated by Allen successful the 2018 final, looked a shadiness of the subordinate that precocious past Judd Trump connected Saturday.

He concisely rallied to instrumentality the sixth framework with a half-century interruption to get backmost to 4-2.

However, Murphy underlined his superiority with back-to-back period breaks to caput into Sunday's concluding league (19:00 GMT) with a steadfast advantage.

The subordinate to triumph successful the 2nd Triple Crown lawsuit of the play volition instrumentality location the Paul Hunter Trophy and a £350,000 archetypal prize.