2015 Masters - Magician Murphy cues his way to semis

The last quarter-final match of this year’s Dafabet Masters proved to be a genuine cracker, Shaun Murphy and Stephen Maguire going hand in hand for a perfect exhibition of snooker.

In the end though, there can be only one winner and this time it was Murphy's turn to victory. The Englishman won by 6-4 in order to set a very interesting semi-final with Mark Allen.

Spectacular breaks of 137 (total clearance) and 67 were opening the match as Maguire was flying high at 2-0, but his opponent's response came as soon as possible under the form or breaks like 103 and 40.

This was going to be a tough one to call. The first session was ending with the players stuck at two a piece.

When returning into the arena the Scotsman put his nose back in front with a well-built break of 63 and was about to open a two-frame gap but lost position on 43, thus Murphy re-establishing the balance of the match at 3-3.

A pretty dramatic 7^th frame was decided by the final black and all of the sudden Murphy was taking the lead for the first time since the beginning of the match. What a confidence boost!

But Maguire fought back and a break of 75 was making us scream "Game on!" as the scoreboard was showing 4-4.

Frame nine saw the Magician going once again in front, a perfect century break of 103 points taking him one away from victory, while runs of 33 and 30 helped him cross the line in frame 10. What a match!

Saturday the semis kick off:

1pm
Ronnie O'Sullivan v. Neil Robertson

7pm
Mark Allen v. Shaun Murphy