World number three Shaun Murphy booked his trip to Romania in style. He made a magnificent 147 break on his way to a 4-0 win against Allan Taylor of England ranked currently at 81. He made this break in the second frame of the match and the fifth maximum of Murphy puts him in line for an £11,000 payday thanks to the rolling qualifiers prize.

RKG Snooker was the proud sponsor of Shaun Murphy, great ambassador of the game, in Indian Open 2016 held from 5th-9th July in Hyderabad.

World number two Stuart Bingham of England however lost to 92 ranked Scottish Player Scott Donaldson in cliff hanger by 3-4 frames after leading 3-2 frames in the second round match of Qualifier. Four time World Champion John Higgins also advanced to the main tournament in beautiful Bucharest which starts at Circus Globe from 03^rd October’2016.