 Murphy maintained his number three ranking for the 2008 / 2009 season . He won the non @-@ ranking Paul Hunter Classic , defeating Selby 4 – 0 in the final , but lost in the first round of the first four ranking tournaments , including a 4 – 5 defeat by world number 47 Mike Dunn in the Bahrain Championship . In October , Murphy and his wife separated , after three years of marriage ; he did not wear his wedding ring in the Grand Prix . 
