World Snooker Championship 2026: Wu Yize in control of Crucible final against Shaun Murphy

The Guardian·May 4

Shaun Murphy v Wu Yize: World Snooker Championship final day two – live

Key events6h agoEnd of session two: Shaun Murphy 12-13 Wu Yize10h agoPreambleShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureShaun Murphy 16-17 Wu Yize “Wuuuuuuuuuuuu!” cheer the crowd, the genius from Lanzhou is a frame away from winning the world title! The skill and stones he’s shown tonight are absolutely obscene.Shaun Murphy 16-16 Wu Yize (45-78) …and he plays it fairly well. He bounces off the rail a little more than he’d have have liked, is also pretty close to the object-ball, and needs the rest … will he take it on? If he misses, he loses the frame, if he doesn’t, it’s his. this is the most important shot of his life … AND IT’S THERE! WU YIZE IS SENSATIONAL! Pink and black for the frame…Shaun Murphy 16-16 Wu Yize (45-59) Wu picks off reds, and if he can get on and off the yellow, just above the baulk cushion, he’ll surely go a frame away. It won’t, though be easy, a test of ludicrous skill under ridiculous pressure…Shaun Murphy 16-16 Wu Yize (45-14) A long red to right corner … will Wu take it on? Only joking, of course he will, and he strokes it home,

The Guardian·May 3

Shaun Murphy v Wu Yize: World Snooker Championship final day one – as it happened

Key events1d agoShaun Murphy and Wu Yize finish the first session of the final level at 4-41d agoPreambleShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureThat, then is us for tonight. Thanks all for your company and comments, and please do join us again tomorrow. We’ll be live from 12pm GMT, when we’re either going to see Shaun Murphy win a second world title, 21 years after claiming his first, or Wu Yize win the first of what looks certain to be several world titles. He’s kept it wonderfully simply today, going at more or less everything, and it’ll take something amazing to stop him tomorrow. I can’t wait to see how it pans out.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,

The Guardian·May 2

Allen ‘devastated’ after missed black as Wu faces Murphy in world snooker final

Mark Allen missed a simple black to book his place in his first World Snooker Championship final before falling 17-16 to Wu Yize on Saturday night in one of the most dramatic last-four finishes in Crucible history.The 40-year-old Antrim man had the match at his mercy when he got on top of an error-strewn 32nd frame and required just the black off its spot to wrap up a 17-15 win.But incredibly Allen rattled the pocket, leaving Wu an unexpected chance to haul level at 16-16 and set up a pressure-filled decider in front of a raucous Sheffield crowd.Allen shut out his nightmare brilliantly, easing into a 47-point lead before an unlucky split on the reds left him out of position and ultimately let in the nerveless 22-year-old to cue up a brilliant 71 clearance to win 17-16 and set up a final against Shaun Murphy on Sunday and Monday.A shell-shocked Allen told BBC Sport: “You don’t deserve to be in a world final if you’re missing balls like that. It was just pure pressure, to be honest. Even though I’m devastated to lose that match I think the right person’s in the final. The way he plays is great for