For 43-year-old Shaun Murphy, who reached the semi-final of the UK Championship last month, it was a disappointing afternoon with him failing to register a single break of 50.

"I've been looking forward to today for a year, walking out as champion, but I enjoyed the first 10 minutes," said Murphy. "I didn't play well, certainly the worst performance of my season, maybe the worst in the Masters.

"I'm very disappointed. None of it was there, I felt everything I touched was not there. I've been working very hard, practicing hard, playing a lot of snooker so I didn't expect to play like that and I'm as shocked as anyone.

"Wu looked calm, looked at ease and fully deserved his win. He will be a handful for anyone he plays."

Reigning Masters champion Shaun Murphy was eliminated on day one of the 2026 event, losing 6-2 to China's Wu Yize in the first round.

Murphy, who beat Kyren Wilson to win the Triple Crown event for a second time a year ago, lost all of the opening three frames and, despite taking frame four, then lost the fifth on a black-ball finish.

Wu, 22, is ranked 13th in the world and picked up his first ranking title in November when he won the International Championship in Yanjing in his home country, beating world champions Judd Trump, Zhao Xintong and John Higgins along the way.

On his Alexandra Palace debut, Wu made a superb clearance of 137 in frame two and a break of 56 in frame seven.

We have a cracker in store this afternoon with former winners Mark Williams and Mark Allen taking on each other.

But first up let's have a quick look back at yesterday's dramatic action.

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Hello and welcome to day two of the Masters. What a day yesterday was as both Shaun Murphy and Mark Selby were defeated by Chinese debutants.

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The Masters, a non-ranking event for the world's top 16 players, is the second Triple Crown competition of the season.

The UK Championship, which was won by Mark Selby in December, and the World Championship, which starts in April, are the other two Triple Crown tournaments.

This year's Masters features five Chinese players for the first time in the tournament's 51-year history.

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