 Complete the following phrase:  After beating the likes of Dominic Dale and Luca Brecel, Murphy reached the semi-finals of the UK Championship but lost 26 to the eventual champion Mark Selby. He faced another first-round exit at the Masters, this time losing heavily to Barry Hawkins 16. In March 2017, Murphy won his seventh ranking title, and his first of the season, by beating Judd Trump 42 in the Gibraltar Open final. At the 