Mark Allen secured a spot successful the World Grand Prix last with a comfy 6-1 triumph implicit Thailand's Noppon Saengkham successful Cheltenham.
Allen moved into a 2-0 pb and Saengkham pulled 1 backmost earlier the satellite fig 5 from Northern Ireland deed a period connected his mode to victory.
Murphy and recently crowned Masters champion Trump won their quarter-finals earlier connected Friday.
Trump bushed Xiao Guodong 5-3 portion Murphy edged Anthony McGill 5-4.
Murphy, seeking his archetypal rubric since the 2020 Welsh Open, believes Trump has had it excessively casual successful the tourney truthful acold and says helium is successful the moving to origin an upset.
"I deliberation he's won a batch of matches this week connected reputation," said Murphy earlier Saturday's semi-final showdown.
"I deliberation radical person collapsed against him. I won't beryllium collapsing. He volition person to bushed me."
Saengkham knocked retired Mark Selby, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Williams earlier falling to Allen connected Friday night.
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