 In the World Championship , there were concerns that Murphy 's estranged wife would serve him divorce papers during play of his first @-@ round match against Andrew Higginson . He defeated Higginson 10 – 8 without incident , although his wife 's parents were present in the arena and were asked to leave . He went on to defeat Fu 13 – 3 , Hendry 13 – 11 , and Robertson 17 – 14 to earn a place in his second world final , with two @-@ time world champion Higgins as the opponent . In the final , he trailed 5 – 11 after the first day , and was beaten 18 – 9 by Higgins . On the first day of the final , a newspaper published a " kiss and tell " story involving Murphy . 
