MURPHY'S DESIRE TO JOIN CLUB

SHAUN MURPHY is desperate to join an elite club of multiple world champions - 20 years on from his golden moment.

- By Shane MacDermott

The Magician, 42, burst on to the scene to win the 2005 World Championship.

And two decades later, Murphy is one of only 11 players who have completed the coveted Triple Crown of World Championship, UK Championship and Masters.

But his quest to etch his name in history as a multiple winner of the game's greatest prize, which only eight other men have done in the modern era, still goes on.

And the reigning Masters champion, who begins his latest Crucible challenge against Daniel Wells on Tuesday, said: “It's gone in the blink of an eye, I have to say. It's gone so quickly and interspersed in those 20 years were three other finals, some semis and stuff like that.