Shaun Murphy has one foot in his first Crucible quarter-final for six years. The 2005 champion has not got past the World Championship second round since finishing runner-up to Stuart Bingham in 2015. The Magician was in superb form for most of the first two sessions against 21-year-old Masters champion Yan Bingtao. Shaun Murphy is three frames away from beating Yan Bingtao in the World ChampionshipBut the Chinese prospect kept himself in the contest by fighting back from 8-2 down to 10-6. Three-time champion Mark Selby leads former Masters champion Mark Allen 9-6 overnight ahead of their final session.

Source: Daily Mail April 25, 2021 22:18 UTC