 Murphy reached his first Masters final , but lost 6 – 10 against Neil Robertson . Murphy then reached the semi @-@ finals of the next two ranking tournaments , but lost 0 – 6 against Stephen Maguire at the German Masters , 2 – 6 against Ding Junhui at the Welsh Open . He then lost in the quarter @-@ finals of the World Open 0 – 5 against Mark Selby . Murphy ended the season with two first round losses . He lost 2 – 5 against wild @-@ card Lu Ning at the China Open and 8 – 10 against Jamie Jones at the World Snooker Championship . 
