Masters snooker champion Shaun Murphy has jokingly admitted how he now wishes he’d never revealed completing sport’s hardest hat-trick. The potting ace previously told how he has the unique title of bagging a nine-dart finish at darts,

Masters snooker champion Shaun Murphy regrets ever bringing up that he once made a nine-darter, after being the subject of social media backlash over the allegation. Speaking to GB News, Murphy wishes he hadn't brought up being the only person ever to make a nine-dart finish, a 147 break in snooker, and a hole-in-one while playing golf.

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