Shaun Murphy booked Crucible last-16

Shaun Murphy booked a Crucible last-16 tie against Ali Carter following a comfortable 10-3 win over Dave Harold.

The 2005 world champion started the second session with a 7-2 lead but saw that advantage reduced by his 41-year-old opponent in the 10th.

But Murphy, the provisional number one, was in no mood to give up any more frames and made it 8-3 with a 102 break before adding a 72 in the next.

And in the 13th frame, the 25-year-old made sure of the win with another 50.

Frame scores (Murphy first): 74-31 65-70 87-16 (87) 77-39 78-13 (55) 84-24 (72) 69-28 78-7 (78) 32-72 51-72 102-7 (102) 73-19 (72) 74-8 (73)