English Open: Shaun Murphy beats Judd Trump in final-frame decider

Shaun Murphy took an exhilarating final-frame success over Judd Trump to reach the semi-finals of the English Open.

World number 7 Murphy moved 5-4 ahead before Trump, the world number 3, cleared 112 to take the match to a decider.

Murphy handled to conquer his English compatriot in a nervy last frame, assisted by some deft security play, to establish a semi-final versus Mark Williams.

Williams endured a fightback from fellow Welshman Liam Davies to reserve his area in the semi-finals with a 6-3 success.

Williams was level at 2-2 at the period however pulled clear and ultimately sealed his success with a 112 clearance.

England’s Kyren Wilson was left scoreless in the very first 3 frames as Ding Junhui travelled to a 6-2 success.

Wilson briefly threatened a resurgence, winning the next 2 frames to lower the deficit to 3-2, however China’s Ding rapidly gained back control and took the last 3 frames to seal his location in the last 4.

Ding will deal with Ali Carter in the semi-finals, who produced an outstanding late screen to edge previous Zhou Yuelong 6-5 by winning 3 frames in a row.

Zhou had actually been leading 5-3, however Carter had the ability to turn it around from frame 9 onwards, maximizing Zhou missing out on a regular yellow, then winning the next 80-39 before controling in the decider.

Both semi-finals occur on Saturday, with Ding handling Carter at 12:00 BST before Murphy deals with Williams at 18:00.