Ryan Day dumps defending champion Shaun Murphy out of World Grand Prix

ByPA Sport

Updated 10/02/2017 at 22:03 GMT

Defending champion Shaun Murphy has been dumped out of the Ladbrokes World Grand Prix following a 4-2 quarter-final defeat to Ryan Day.

Shaun Murphy

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World number 24 Day pounced on a loose safety shot on his way to taking the opening frame before quickly doubling his advantage with breaks of 50 and 47.

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Murphy, who beat Stuart Bingham in last year's final, briefly halved the deficit in Preston but Day won the fourth frame to put himself one away from the semi-finals.

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World number six Murphy kept his hopes alive by taking a scrappy, 46-minute fifth frame, only for his Welsh opponent to win the next one and set up a last-four meeting with Marco Fu, who beat Mark King 4-2.

Fu put together runs of 72, 102, 98 and 69 on his way to the semi-final stage.