Shaun Murphy overcomes ‘very dark days’ to hold off Judd Trump and reach World Snooker Championship semis

Mark Selby continued his timely resurgence as he completed a 13-3 thrashing of fellow three-time champion Mark Williams with a session to spare

Shaun Murphy sunk Judd Trump to reach the world semi-finals (Zac Goodwin/PA)

Shaun Murphy repelled a strong comeback from Judd Trump to sink the world number one 13-11 and seal his place in the semi-finals of the Betfred World Snooker Championship for the first time since 2015.

Former champion Murphy saw a 10-6 lead evaporate as Trump reeled off five of the first six frames of the evening session, hauling himself level in the match with a clearance of 111.