 Complete the following phrase:  A 41 victory over Jamie Jones at the Paul Hunter Classic saw Ford reach the second ranking event semi-final of his career and he beat Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 42, closing the match with a 136 break.ref name201617ref In Fords first ranking event final he was 22 with Mark Selby, before his fellow Leicester player knocked in two 50 plus breaks to defeat Ford 42. At the English Open he beat Rory McLeod, Marco Fu and Joe Swail all by 42 scorelines, before losing 14 to John Higgins. Ford qualified for the German Masters by ousting Judd Trump 51 and then made a 147 in a first round 52 win over Peter Ebdon. He saw off Mark King 52, but then lost 25 to Ali Carter in the quarter-finals. Ford qualified for his third 