Shaun Murphy, fresh from a brilliant display against John Higgins, maintained that terrific form in his Embassy World Championship quarter-final against Steve Davis at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre today.

Embassy World snooker championship quarter-finals: P Wallace (NIrl) leads (16) J Swail (NIrl) 6-2. Frame scores (Wallace first): 86-21 68-9 15-70 70-8 19-90 68-4 77-6 64-8.