 Murphy lost in the first round of the Masters 3 – 6 against Jamie Cope , in the second round of the German Masters 2 – 5 against Joe Swail and in the first round of the Welsh Open 0 – 4 against Matthew Stevens . Murphy then won the finals of the Players Tour Championship with a 4 – 0 victory over Martin Gould , winning his fourth ranking title . The next week Murphy also reached the final of the Championship League , but lost 1 – 3 against Matthew Stevens . Murphy reached the semi @-@ final of the China Open , where he lost 1 – 6 against Judd Trump . Murphy 's last tournament of the season was the World Championship , where he lost in the second round 10 – 13 against Ronnie O 'Sullivan . 
