Allen and Wu toil in 100-minute frame ‘embarrassment’, Higgins leads Murphy

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Semi-final poised at 7-7 after attritional 14th frameJohn Higgins edges to 13-11 lead over Shaun MurphyWu Yize and Mark Allen’s semi-final is poised at seven frames all after their afternoon session ended with a bizarre frame – the longest in the World Snooker Championship’s Crucible era – clocking in at just over 100 minutes.Allen began the afternoon trailing 6-2 overnight to an opponent high on confidence and belief, but fought back in style, winning five frames in succession to edge 7-6 ahead. Continue reading...

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