Shaun Murphy has hinted that he is already thinking about life after snooker (Image: GETTY)
has revealed that he is already thinking about life after snooker, with his other commitments forcing him to reduce his time at the table.
The 42-year-old won his second title last weekend, beating world champion Kyren Wilson in the final to clinch the honours. He appears to have one eye on retirement in spite of his success, having ventured into punditry and podcasting in recent years.
Murphy is also spending less time at the practice table, with his growing list of extracurricular activities making it harder to maintain the same levels of commitment.
“I think as you get older, the practice time goes down a little bit as you get other commitments in your life,” said Murphy.
Murphy won the Masters last weekend but already has one eye on retirement (Image: GETTY)
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“I’ve sort of started out in my own broadcasting career. I do the events for them, I’ve got my podcast and all my socials and stuff like that. I’ve got my YouTube channel going on. I’m trying to practice as well for these events.
“It’s probably not nine to five anymore, but it’s every day, and I’ve had a couple of days off since the win at Ally Pally. Today is actually my first day back.
“I’m going to go to the office today, going to get the cue out, see if I can still pot a ball after the excitement of the last few days because we head to Germany on Sunday for the German Masters, so we’re straight back on the bike and have no time to rest.”
Murphy will be hoping to give a good account of himself in Berlin as he ramps up his preparations for the World Snooker Championship, where he will be eyeing a repeat of his only Crucible triumph in 2005.
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“I suppose it’s all totally changed now, following the win last weekend,” said Murphy when quizzed on his hopes of another triumph. “I hope it doesn’t come across as a bit of a line, but my belief had totally gone that I could do that still.
“I’ve paired up with Peter Ebdon. A lot’s been made of that. He’s helped me rediscover my self-belief. I’ll go to the World Championship now thinking that actually, I could win it.
“Whether I will or not obviously remains to be seen. There are plenty of good players who are going to try and stop me and win it themselves, but in years gone by, you can kid everyone else but you can’t kid yourself.
“And, you know, I perhaps had lost that belief and just didn’t really, truly believe it, whereas now I’ve got the trophy to show myself that actually I can still do it.”