World Snooker Championship Final: Shaun Murphy v Wu Yize - Live Coverage

That's all from our live coverage for now. Join us again tomorrow for the conclusion of the World Snooker Championship final, where Wu Yize stands on the brink of glory, leading Shaun Murphy 10-7. The young Chinese player has been in magnificent form, potting brilliantly throughout the tournament, and needs just three more frames to claim his first world title. Murphy, seeking to win his second crown 21 years after his first, faces an uphill battle but has shown fighting spirit to stay in the match. The final session resumes at 12pm GMT tomorrow.

Shaun Murphy 7-10 Wu Yize

Wu clears the table and closes the session needing eight more to win; Shaun needs 11. His deadliness from distance is the difference so far, but as the line hives into sight, his entire life might catch up with him.

Shaun Murphy 7-9 Wu Yize (39-51)

Wu works his way on to the final red, plotting a route to the yellow – it's blocked on one side by the pink. He looks to go past it, close to the brown, is there a gap, there's always a gap – that's a lovely touch-shot, and Wu is going back three in front.

Shaun Murphy 7-9 Wu Yize (39-27)

Shaun more or less forces Wu to take on a long one and, for what feels like the first time in the tournament, looks like he'd rather not – he missed the last, and he can feel hot breath on cold neck. It's from near the bottom cushion, dead slow … and that's brilliant. A nasty cut-black follows, and is he on a next ball? Just, then another taxing black, high this time, and generally speaking, you can only chase for so long. But a red to middle drops nicely, and we've a new favourite for the frame.

Shaun Murphy 7-9 Wu Yize (39-0)

A loose positional shot means Shaun must force it with a colour or sit himself down; he plumps for the latter, playing safe off the green.

Shaun Murphy 7-9 Wu Yize (27-0)

We've said Wu doesn't love pressure – yet – and, offered a pretty tasty clip to corner, he tentatively overcuts. Very quickly, he's looking at opening the reds, gets himself perfectly on to a red, presumably for the purpose … and instead goes to middle. The split works beautifully in any event, and neither player can play well enough for long enough to pull away from the other; both players are too good to be pulled away from by the other. This is great stuff.

Shaun Murphy 7-9 Wu Yize

Shaun had to win that and did. He'd be delighted to get out of here at 7-8 and, given events at Old Trafford – he's a United fan – consider he'd had a decent day.

Shaun Murphy 6-9 Wu Yize (52-1)

The thing is, it doesn't take much for things to turn around. Wu's long potting is brilliant, but he only has to be fractionally off, once a frame, and Shaun can punish him.

Shaun Murphy 6-9 Wu Yize

Shaun doesn't commit to a pot, so makes the next one, across the table to middle, harder. And Shaun can't send it down, leaving Wu a longun, the kind he's been gobbling up … but though he gets close, it shoots away from the pocket, and it's an immediate reprieve for El Mago.

Shaun Murphy 6-9 Wu Yize (10-1)

Shaun spots a plant to left corner, thrashes at glorious pace, and that's a brilliant pot. Again, though, it's only good for one – this game! – so it's up to the yellow, no snooker achieved.

Shaun Murphy 6-9 Wu Yize (0-1)

Already, there've been some big switches of momentum, but there's a chance we're now watching the decisive move. I can't see a way Wu doesn't tighten if he gets close to winning, but a five-frame advantage, with only six needed, would be a lot to surmount.

Shaun Murphy 6-9 Wu Yize

We've two frames to come this evening; really, Shaun needs both.

Shaun Murphy 6-8 Wu Yize (29-90)

Not for long, Wu fluking it to left corner. He's now guaranteed to lead overnight and he clears the table to celebrate, leaving himself a long pot just to keep his action in nick. This is very impressive gear.

Shaun Murphy 6-8 Wu Yize (29-66)

Wu has played with such confidence this evening, and if he were to win this frame and the next two, he'd be extremely hard to beat. But he's now got a pressure-pot from right side, high, to the yellow bag. But this is a different player and he caresses it home.

Shaun Murphy 6-8 Wu Yize (29-11)

But he soon runs out of position, much to his chagrin, so it's in behind the green, the escape swerved to land on a ball on the side.

Shaun Murphy 6-8 Wu Yize (21-0)

A mistake from Wu, leaving the white too far from the green, dangles a tempter, and Shaun cuts home confidently.

Shaun Murphy 6-8 Wu Yize

A missed black means no century but Shaun needed that badly and took the chance well.

Shaun Murphy 5-8 Wu Yize (83-0)

Shaun secures the frame.

Shaun Murphy 5-8 Wu Yize (41-0)

This is a crucial visit and Shaun is navigating it well. There's still a bit of work to do, nothing too difficult.

Shaun Murphy 5-8 Wu Yize (17-0)

Shaun espies a plant, black into red, and goes at it, potting the ball he sends into them; he'll not mind. This is a chance to score heavily.

Shaun Murphy 5-8 Wu Yize (13-0)

Again, Wu goes at a longun, clipping it nicely, and it wobbles in the jaws … then drops, but a cannon of the black sends the white into left-centre and Shaun quickly snaps home a fine starter of his own.

Shaun Murphy 5-8 Wu Yize

An undercut red to corner means no ton, but a run of 80 is more than enough for a second three-frame lead. With four more to play tonight, there's scope for a very significant move to be made.

Shaun Murphy 5-7 Wu Yize (8-69)

Shaun hasn't played badly tonight, it's just that Wu has been excellent. He's nearly there in the frame but a mid-range red, lying over the table, will test him … and it's there. This is superb work.

Shaun Murphy 5-7 Wu Yize (8-32)

Dead skinny one on the black … drops into right corner, dead weight, and Wu has come out buzzing this evening.

Shaun Murphy 5-7 Wu Yize (8-7)

A good shot from Shaun forces Wu to pick a lonely red to land on; he misses then hits, leaving nowt. And the retort is short, offering an opener to middle, the yellow follows, and Wu is back in business.

Shaun Murphy 5-7 Wu Yize (4-0)

There's a noise that's bothering Shaun; perhaps it's his internal monologue? The ref reckons it's the aircon. Strangely, Wu is serene, splattering in a brilliant starter, despite the viciously disrespectful cooling system … only for the white to go in-off.

Shaun Murphy 5-7 Wu Yize

Another red to Wu, making things even harder for Shaun, and he really needs the next frame to stick with the accelerating young genius. That'll be easier said than done, and we'll see if the interval affects momentum.

Shaun Murphy 5-6 Wu Yize (0-63)

With 67 remaining, Wu plays for the black, just above the top cushion, and it's frame-ball, so he goes at it softly, giving it every chance to drop, then plays safe with Shaun needing a snooker to tie.

Shaun Murphy 5-6 Wu Yize (0-33)

Running out of position, Wu plays safe but playing without side, clips a stray ball, leaving a taxing mid-ranger … that Shaun wobbles into the jaws of left corner and out.

Shaun Murphy 5-6 Wu Yize (0-13)

A third-red break and a red left to left corner, perhaps for the first time in the tournament. The ball, though, still needs potting, and Wu steers home nicely, then sets about the table.

Shaun Murphy 4-6 Wu Yize (73-35)

Wu closes the gap, then puts the red near the blue and white behind the black; it's not the hardest escape and Shaun deals with it easily enough.

Shaun Murphy 4-6 Wu Yize (72-0)

Shaun secures the frame, and Wu will be ruing his poor break-off. Oh, but Shaun misses to middle so, with two snookers required, Wu returns to the table.

Shaun Murphy 4-6 Wu Yize (46-0)

Very quickly, Shaun accumulates, both players now in flow. Consequently, neither dare miss.

Shaun Murphy 4-6 Wu Yize (15-0)

A poor break from Wu leaves a starter to middle, Shaun quickly opens the pack, and this is a chance for him to establish his presence in the session.

Shaun Murphy 4-6 Wu Yize

The pink stays out of both yellow and green pockets, leaving the break high and dry on 97 … then zooms around the angles and drops into right-centre! It's all coming up Wu!

Shaun Murphy 4-5 Wu Yize (16-73)

In comms, Uncle Joe rhapsodises Wu's creativity in dealing with the last three reds, and rightly so. He's started the session beautifully.

Shaun Murphy 4-5 Wu Yize (16-58)

This is really good from Wu, the situation now assimilated into his sense of self, thus allowing his talent to take over.

Shaun Murphy 4-5 Wu Yize (16-24)

A fine blue to the yellow pocket is followed by an oblique red to the centre, then a cut-back black just about drops after thinking long and hard about stopping out.

Shaun Murphy 4-5 Wu Yize (16-9)

Looking to dig into the pack, Shaun misses everything, so it's back to baulk with a safety … but not for long, the white left short for Wu to punch in an opener.

Shaun Murphy 4-5 Wu Yize (8-3)

Wu rattles a starter into left corner, and if he's now over last evening, he's in a great spot.

Shaun Murphy 5-4 Wu Yize

No ton, but Wu is into the session.

Shaun Murphy 4-4 Wu Yize (1-67)

Wu secures the frame and is now in search of a century. This has been a better break than any he made in racking up a 3-0 lead.

Shaun Murphy 4-4 Wu Yize (1-54)

Back to the break, Angles noted before we started that Shaun's gone third red 27 times, and on not one occasion has his opponent potted first go.

Shaun Murphy 4-4 Wu Yize (1-9)

The crowd are warned about phones – there was all sorts of noise during the first session – and breaking off, Wu shows why Shaun now targets the third red, hitting the bottom one and leaving a starter.