{"id":51860,"date":"2026-05-03T22:03:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T22:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/world-snooker-championship-2026-wu-yize-in-control-of-crucible-final-against-shaun-murphy\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T22:03:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T22:03:30","slug":"world-snooker-championship-2026-wu-yize-in-control-of-crucible-final-against-shaun-murphy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/world-snooker-championship-2026-wu-yize-in-control-of-crucible-final-against-shaun-murphy\/","title":{"rendered":"World Snooker Championship 2026: Wu Yize in control of Crucible final against Shaun Murphy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Wu made a scintillating start to the evening, having resumed at 4-4 after an afternoon session that was briefly interrupted by a female spectator jumping over the front-row barrier before referee Rob Spencer and security intervened to remove her.<\/p>\n

Breaks of 82 and 103 gave him a two-frame advantage and while Murphy, who had earlier recovered from 3-0 down, hit back with a 72 it appeared as though he was struggling to stem the flow of his opponent.<\/p>\n

Murphy, 43, who is aiming to set a new record for the longest gap between first and second titles, openly admitted that Wu had blasted him off the table at the Masters in January – albeit in a best-of-11 contest.<\/p>\n

And having never won a match on his two visits to the Crucible prior to this year, Wu has so far has answered every question posed of him in the longer format.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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