 Complete the following phrase:  He reached the semi-finals of the first ranking tournament, the Shanghai Masters, before losing 56 against Liang Wenbo. This would be his only run to the semi-finals or better in a ranking tournament that season. In the UK Championship, as the defending champion, he lost 59 to eventual winner Ding Junhui in the second round. After the match, Murphy complained about Ding leaving the arena too often after frames, saying I cant believe anyone needs to go to the toilet after every single frame. He reached the quarter-finals of the Masters, where he lost 46 against Mark Williams. In the Welsh Open and the China Open, he lost his first-round matches to Matthew Stevens and Nigel Bond, respectively. In the 