Both players won four out of five group games, Murphy finishing with a 4-3 win over Ding Junhui, and Fu beating Stuart Bingham by the same score, but Murphy finished top of the group on frame difference.

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"Jamie struggled and I had to take advantage, although I didn't score heavily, I needed two or three chances in every frame, " said Burnett, 34.

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