All the best sports news and much more on our dedicated Facebook page<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n“I came out afterwards and said that he would be world champion one day, it\u2019s just a real shame that it was today, but I couldn’t have given it anymore, I couldn’t have tried harder. I played the best shots I could have played and I didn’t get my chance. I couldn’t do any more than that.”<\/p>\n
Play resumed with Wu 13-12 up, having won the final three frames of the afternoon session. And he made it four with a classy break of 88 to extend his lead to two, only for Murphy to hit back with a break of 82.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: John Virgo’s daughter emotional\u00a0on BBC after brilliant Shaun Murphy gesture<\/span><\/span>READ MORE: Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins in disagreement over World Championship finalist<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nFrame 28 could have gone either way but it was Murphy who made the most telling contributions to make it 14-14. Murphy looked like taking the next, only to miss a green at 56-19 up. Wu had little margin for error but held his nerve to win it on the black and retake the lead before the mid-season interval.<\/p>\n
In the next frame, it was Murphy’s turn to steal. Wu was 70-0 up, only for the break to break down and Murphy swept in to level things at 15-15. Momentum continued to swing one way and then the other, with Wu going 16-15 up, largely thanks to a break of 57.<\/p>\n
Murphy then tied it up again with a glorious clearance of 131, including a cheeky double on the final black, which left the Crucible crowd in raptures.<\/p>\n
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In a match of huge moments, there was another in the 33rd frame, which went to Wu despite Murphy taking a 45-0 lead. As he attempted to clear up, Wu was faced with a really tough yellow on the baulk cushion with the rest. He bravely took it on, potted it and took the frame to go within one of victory.<\/p>\n
He looked on course for a match-winning break in frame 34, only to miss the black off its spot at 43 up. Murphy cleared up to force a decider, which a match of this quality deserved.<\/p>\n
Murphy started it by potting a long red before a rare safety exchange. However, Wu broke the deadlock with a superb red in the circumstances before clinching victory with a break of 85.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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