 He reached the semi @-@ finals of the first ranking tournament , the Shanghai Masters , before losing 5 – 6 against Liang Wenbo . This would be his only run to the semi @-@ finals or better in a ranking tournament that season . In the UK Championship , as the defending champion , he lost 5 – 9 to eventual winner Ding Junhui in the second round . After the match , Murphy complained about Ding leaving the arena too often after frames , saying " I can 't believe anyone needs to go to the toilet after every single frame . " He reached the quarter @-@ finals of the Masters , where he lost 4 – 6 against Williams . In the Welsh Open and the China Open , he lost his first @-@ round matches to Stevens and Nigel Bond , respectively . In the World Championship , he defeated Gerard Greene and Ding , but lost 12 – 13 against Carter in the quarter @-@ finals , despite leading 8 – 4 . This was the first season in which he did not reach a final or better of a ranking tournament since the 2003 / 2004 season . 
