Shaun Murphy wins and is agonisingly close to a maximum 147 break in the final frame, knocking in 15 reds and 15 blacks before snookering himself on the yellow.

What a remarkable conclusion.

Neil Robertson in no-miss snooker territory again.

Shaun Murphy moves one frame away from victory with a break of 82 after the Australian misses a pink to the right middle.

A collector's item. Shaun Murphy misses a black off the spot after knocking in a far more difficult red along the bottom cushion.

He was starting to look unplayable and could've been forgiven for thinking he'd broken the back of the match but Neil Robertson is not done yet.

He knocks in the 967th century of his career to get back to 4-2. He trailed John Higgins 5-1 before winning 6-5. Could he produce another famous fightback?

John Parrott
1991 world champion on BBC Two

Shaun Murphy's match-play today has been exceptional. He looks in stroke and all departments of his game are in full working order.

Neil Robertson crafts a break of 66 as he closes in reducing his arrears but he can't knock a long red into the top left corner, which happens to be frame ball.

A few shots later he miscues playing off the baulk cushion and all of a sudden he is second favourite to win the frame.

Shaun Murphy routinely clears all the balls, with his own break of 66 and pinches the frame by a point on the black.

Shaun Murphy is on all out attack mode today. A break of 67 arrives after Neil Robertson sloppily goes in off playing a dump shot and he then decides to roll into the pack with no obvious next red.

Neil Robertson plays up towards baulk but doesn't spot a plant in the pack, which the Englishman finds to finish off the frame and give himself a healthy lead at the mid-session interval.

After a couple of quick fluent frames, the third which lasts 29 minutes is a lot more scrappy.

Shaun Murphy comes out the right side of it after a long tactical battle on the final red, with Neil Robertson needing a snooker.

Shaun Murphy's break-off shot leaves Neil Robertson with a long red to the bottom left corner pocket and the frame is done.

The Australian enjoys a run of 79 to take the frame.

This is showing signs of being an absolute classic.

Neil Robertson gets in first but breaks down on 35 after attempting to aggressively open the reds and losing position.

The Australian plays a sloppy safety shot and is severely punished by Shaun Murphy, who clears the table with a wonderful break of 90.

That was clinical.

Neil Robertson, who stepped in after Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew, won the first of his two Masters titles against Shaun Murphy in 2012.

Murphy, turned the tables on the Australian in the 2015 final though, winning that match 10-2.

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Of the eight men in the quarter-finals, six have won the Masters and the other two have won the World Championship.

Not a bad line-up eh. And coverage of the 2025 Masters quarter-finals is now under way on BBC Two.

You can watch live coverage of two-time winner Neil Robertson against 2015 champion Shaun Murphy, by flicking over to that channel on your TV remote, via the BBC iPlayer or by clicking "watch live" at the top of this page.

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