Selby ‘was superb’published at 22:50 GMT
Murphy 3-6 Selby
Shaun Murphy, speaking to BBC Sport: “I am gutted to have lost. Nobody comes for second place. I suppose a lot of players would have swapped with me. I have had a great week. I could have lost to John Higgins, I should have been on the way home. It was a great match I don’t think I did a lot wrong, I thought Mark was superb.
“If I play like that for the rest of the season I will be happy. We both played really well. The difference at this level between winning and losing is almost nothing.”
