Summary

  • Click 'Watch live' icon & 'Watch & listen' tab for BBC coverage of 2026 World Snooker Championship final

  • END OF THIRD SESSION: Shaun Murphy 12-13 Wu Yize

  • Murphy wins first five frames of Monday's afternoon session before Wu responds with three in a row

  • Wu, 22, led 10-7 at end of first day's play with 18 frames needed for victory

  • From 19:00: Final session - possible 10 frames to be played

  • Schedule, BBC coverage and results

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  1. 'The game is now easy again' for Wupublished at 16:16 BST

    Murphy 12-12 Wu

    Stephen Hendry
    Seven-time world champion on BBC Two

    It’s amazing how the mind alters how you play on the table. With the first five frames Wu Yize didn’t look like he could pot a long ball or score when he got in. Now, he’s got that confidence back, that freedom of thinking, and the game is now easy again.

  2. Postpublished at 16:16 BST

    Murphy 12-12 Wu

    Wu gets to 61 but when potting the blue there is not a pot on a red. Murphy 5-61 behind, 56 behind, 67 on the table. This session's not done yet.

  3. Postpublished at 16:13 BST

    Murphy 12-12 Wu

    Wu is in a good position to make it three in a row. Any questions about his temperament have been answered. Can he wrap up a third successive frame?

  4. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 16:12 BST

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    Good for the final that Wu has fought back. No one has really mentioned Shaun's break off shot. It completely ties up the black and often the pink. For someone supposedly good at potting and not renowned for his safety why make it so difficult for break building?

    Joe

  5. Postpublished at 16:11 BST

    Murphy 12-12 Wu

    Shaun Murphy chalks his cueImage source, PA Media

    When Shaun Murphy won the first five frames of this session, he must have thought he'd have been ahead going into the last instalment of this final.

    However, Wu Yize's recent burst - and his current break in frame 25 - means the Englishman is likely to be one frame behind.

  6. 'Wu has shown great character'published at 16:06 BST

    Murphy 12-12 Wu

    Stephen Hendry
    Seven-time world champion on BBC Two

    Wu Yize has shown great character here because I have to say he was gone. Shaun kept winning all those frames, but this has been brilliant.

  7. 'Wu was down on the canvas'published at 16:06 BST

    Murphy 12-12 Wu

    Ken Doherty
    1997 world champion on BBC Two

    Wu could've lost this session very heavily but now he is back in the match. He was down on the canvas, but got back up and is back in the fight - he looks like the player he did yesterday.

    It's just incredible how the narrative can change quickly. All of a sudden Shaun Murphy will feel on the back foot. If he is behind going into tonight's last session he will feel a bit let down and Wu would be over the moon.

    The only difference between the two players is Shaun has won it before and has a bit more experience. Whether that will be the deciding factor, it will be fascinating to find out.

  8. Wu makes it levelpublished at 16:02 BST

    Murphy 12-12 Wu (1-73)

    Media caption,

    Wu makes it 12-12

    We started today with Wu 10-7 ahead, Murphy went 12-10 in front with five in a row, but now Wu has two on the bounce to make it 12-12.

  9. Postpublished at 15:58 BST

    Murphy 12-11 Wu

    Wu gets back to the table after Murphy turns down a tough blue and he's now in a strong position to make it 12-12.

  10. Postpublished at 15:53 BST

    Murphy 12-11 Wu

    "Good shot," shouts out someone from the crowd as Wu looks to pot a third fine long red, but the fan has gone early with that one as the red stays out with Murphy coming to the table 0-27 down.

    Wu YizeImage source, PA Media
  11. Postpublished at 15:51 BST

    Murphy 12-11 Wu

    For a second time in this frame, Wu shows great technique with a long pot, but then can't take full advantage. He adds nine to the total, 0-23, with Murphy then missing a thin contact to make it 0-27.

  12. Postpublished at 15:46 BST

    Murphy 12-11 Wu

    As the match time ticks past the seven-hour mark, Wu, after some beautiful cueing to down a long red, stutters at 12, runs out of position and goes safe, 0-12.

  13. Postpublished at 15:44 BST

    Murphy 12-11 Wu

    We have two more frames in this session before the final session starts at 19:00. We will have a maximum of 10 frames tonight, with it being the first to 18.

  14. 'He needed to change the narrative'published at 15:42 BST

    Murphy 12-11 Wu

    John Parrott
    1991 world champion on BBC Two

    He’s been sitting in that chair, and all he has been seeing is "Wu Yize - 10", it hasn’t changed in how many hours, so just to change the score, all he needed to do was get a frame, it doesn't matter how ugly it was. He needed to change the narrative.

    Win one of the last two frames. There is nothing wrong with that scoreline coming out of the final session. Absolutely nothing, so, just win one of the final two.

  15. Wu aiming to become the second-youngest Crucible championpublished at 15:41 BST

    Murphy 12-11 Wu

    If 22-year-old Wu Yize is to win this title, he would then become the second youngest Crucible winner, after Stephen Hendry, who was only 21 when he beat Jimmy White for his first title in 1990.

    Graphic showing youngest Crucible champions
  16. 'Wu just has to stay in touch'published at 15:40 BST

    Murphy 12-11 Wu

    Stephen Hendry
    Seven-time world champion on BBC Two

    Wu Yize just has to stay in touch going into this match later tonight. A two-frame deficit wouldn’t be horrendous because he has tended to turn it on in the evening sessions of the Championship.

  17. Wu gets his first frame of the daypublished at 15:39 BST

    Murphy 12-11 Wu (0-93, Wu 64)

    Media caption,

    Wu gets his first frame of the day to reduce Murphy's lead

    That will make Wu feel a lot better about himself. After losing the opening five frames of Monday, he takes the sixth, helped by a break of 64.

    It's turning into some final.

  18. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 15:36 BST

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    Don't think too many people would begrudge Shaun another title at this stage. Seems a very likeable individual so hope he can win it again, after such a long time from his first.

    Steven

  19. Postpublished at 15:35 BST

    Murphy 12-10 Wu

    Steve Sutcliffe
    BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

    If Shaun Murphy wins every frame this afternoon it would become only the fifth time in a Crucible final - where at least six frames have been played - that a player has completed a clean sweep in a session.

    The others were Steve Davis v Dennis Taylor in 1985 (0-7), Stephen Hendry v Jimmy White in 1992 where the score went from 10-14 to 18-14, John Parrott v White in 1991 (7-0) and Mark Selby v John Higgins in 2007 when the score went 4-12 to 10-12.

  20. 'Nothing to lose'published at 15:32 BST

    Murphy 12-10 Wu

    Steve Davis
    Six-time world champion on BBC Two

    I think every snooker player who has ever played here knows that you are a different player behind than you are in front. It can be easier not looking over your shoulder, and now Wu has nothing to lose.

    Wu Yize chalks his cueImage source, PA Media