Murphy recovered and won next match of the day
- Written by Vivek Pathak - Media Officer, IBSF
Robert Murphy - Ireland
IBSF Media
After losing first match today, Robert Murphy bounced back and defeated Juha Lehto of Finland 4-1 in last session of the day.
Murphy took one frame to recover which went in favour of Lehto 47-07 but after that Murphy won the subsequent frames 45-15, 35-33, 63-09, 45-08.
In another match, Muhammad Asif (Pakistan) had to spend extra time on table to win the match against Jason Devaney (Ireland) 4-3.
After losing first frame to Devaney 12-58, Asif won subsequent 3 frames to gain 3-1 lead over Devaney, but few mistakes in next two frames well punished by Devaney and he pulled Asif to play decider.
In the decider, Devaney had chances but finally Asif played some controlled shots to win the match.