German Masters 2025: Judd Trump beats David Grace, Shaun Murphy claims whitewash win over Liam Graham on opening day
Updated 27/01/2025 at 23:50 GMT
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Reigning champion Judd Trump beat David Grace 5-2 in the opening round of the German Masters to set up a round two encounter with Joe O’Connor. Meanwhile, Shaun Murphy, who was playing his first match since his Masters victory earlier this month, dispatched Liam Graham to set up a meeting Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. Indeed, Thepchaiya inflicted a 5-0 defeat on Stuart Bingham.
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Judd Trump edged past David Grace 5-2, while Shaun Murphy claimed a whitewash win over Liam Graham on the opening day of the 2025 German Masters in Berlin.
The three-time German Masters champion survived an early scare by losing two of the opening three frames against Grace.
But Trump ultimately fought back in a series of attritional, lengthy frames, before making the last 32 courtesy of a 73 break.
The World No. 1, who won the title last year by beating China's Si Jiahui 10-5 in the final, will take on Joe O’Connor on Wednesday, after the 29-year-old eased past Stephen Maguire 5-1.
Murphy, who was returning to the table for the first time since winning the Masters eight days ago, claimed a 5-0 victory over Graham to set up a second-round match with Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.
"I've had just a couple of days off this week and really enjoyed the victory," Murphy said. "Those Triple Crown wins don't come around every year. However, I've just had a couple of days then straight back to work and put the hours in.
"I didn't want to come here, after the Lord Mayor's Show, to this venue that I love so much and lose. I'm delighted with the victory and now we march on."
Thepchaiya will be no pushover, having inflicted a 5-0 whitewash defeat on Stuart Bingham.
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Ben Woollaston beat David Gilbert by the same scoreline.
The evening session also saw Barry Hawkins overcome a 2-1 deficit to beat Alfie Burden 5-4 and Jak Jones edge past Allan Taylor 5-3 to set up a round-of-32 encounter with John Higgins.
The afternoon session saw world champion Kyren Wilson beat Hong Kong’s Cheung Ka Wai 5-3 despite an error-strewn performance to set up an encounter with Zhou Yuelong, who beat Artemijs Zizins 5-2.
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Four-time world champion Higgins dispatched Mark Davis 5-3 and Neil Robertson breezed past Antoni Kowalski 5-1.
Zhang Anda earned a topsy-turvy 5-4 win over Graeme Dott, despite the Scotsman coming from 4-1 down to set up a sudden death frame.
Robert Milkins beat Xu Si 5-4, despite a late flurry from the latter forcing a winner-takes-all final frame, while Hammad Miah dispatched Chris Wakelin 5-2.
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