The World Number 8 beat fellow Englishman Stuart Bingham in Belfast
Shaun Murphy is through to the quarter finals of snooker's Northern Ireland Open.
The World Number 8 beat fellow Englishman Stuart Bingham by 4 frames to 3 in Belfast.
Murphy could face World Number One Judd Trump in the last 8 - he takes on Barry Hawkins from 8 this evening.