World Championship RECAP: Stuart Bingham stuns Ronnie O'Sullivan to reach semis, Kyren Wilson downs John Higgins

ByDaniel Harris

Updated 01/05/2024 at 21:10 GMT

Welcome to our live text coverage of the 2024 World Snooker Championship as the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield hosts the latest edition of the sport's showpiece event. Judd Trump lost to Jak Jones in a huge upset and Ronnie O'Sullivan followed him out the exit door after being beaten by Stuart Bingham. Kyren Wilson completed the semi-final line-up after downing John Higgins.

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It's been a day

In the studio, by the way, Angles and Jimmy reckon Stuart and Jak handled the conditions better than Judd and Ronnie, who are touch players.So stick on the channel and site for more on that and all the best of the analysis. But when all's said and done, our semi-final line-up is:

Dave Gilbert v Kyren Wilson

Jak Jones v Stuart Bingham

What a chance this is for all of them.

A brilliant performance from Ballrun!

Every time Ronnie looked likely to pull away, he found something, and when he got in front down the stretch, he played superbly! He meets Jak Jones in the last four!

Stuart Bingham beats Ronnie O'Sullivan 13-10!

O'Sullivan 10-12 Bingham (48-61)

He cues beautifully straight - exactly what Ronnie didn't - the green disappears - and in this qualifers' championships, another moves into the last four!

O'Sullivan 10-12 Bingham (48-54)

Ronnie screws off a pink-to-middle and will surely try this red down the rail lefty ... he does, and it's right in the heart of the pocket! That reprieve seems to have rejuvenated him, but he's got a brutal pink off the side ... and cues across it, leaving it! It's not that easy, not that easy to get on the green, but Stuart does both! This game!

O'Sullivan 10-12 Bingham (29-52)

Leaning across the table, Stuart strikes a pink into left corner, opening reds in the process. But have a look! He then pokes a further pink wide of middle! "And to overcut!" breathes Dom! "You never overcut those!" Goodness me mates, this game. THIS GAME. Suddenly empurpled, Stuar waves his cue on the cushion to indicate how far he missed that by, his insides are convulsing, and he'll not be surprised to see a lovely recovery-pink disappear; he might even think he deserves it. Still, there's a red on the side and another not too far off the top, so a lot of work to do. Thing is, Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan is quite good at that, and he splatters down another pink!

O'Sullivan 10-12 Bingham (0-44)

Ronnie plays what should be a decent safety, but a red comes off the top cushion, stops over right-middle, and Stuart has a chance to secure f&m! Has this match even been close?!

O'Sullivan 10-12 Bingham (0-38)

Now then! Stuart massively overcuts a cut-back along the side, but then Ronnie muffs a floater to the yellow bag. He didn't strike that with authority and I guess it's understandable if he's flagging. We're back playing safety, but this looks to be headed only one way.

O'Sullivan 10-12 Bingham (0-30)

Ronie's an awesome competitor but sometimes you get the feeling he thinks he's going to lose - and he's suggesting that now. He attacks a long red and turns away in disgust as he misses it, but can only profit to the tune of six. Ronnie was two down with three to play against Mark Selby when he won here in 2020 - if we're honest, he did very well to win that one - but as I type, Stuart rattles in a starter, and he has played magnificently this evening!

O'Sullivan 10-12 Bingham

Every time Ronnie's looked set to pull away, Stuart has found something. Closing out is never easy, but he's done it before and looks pretty handy to win one before the Rocket wins three.

O'Sullivan 10-11 Bingham (23-74)

And look at this! Stuart has again made a frame-winning clearance, in the World quarters, against Ronnie, at 11-10, look routine! He's going one away, and with a ton too! Fantastic behaviour!

Kyren Wilson beats John Higgins 13-8!

He plays Dave Gilbert in the first semi and has been the best player in the tournament to this point. John congratulates him warmly and his clearance to beat Mark Allen was the moment of the championships so far; he's still in the top 16, almost definitely. But he's beaten handily, and I can't wait to see how Kyrizzle goes from here.

O'Sullivan 10-11 Bingham (23-44)

The thing about Stuart is he knows he can win this and he also knows he can beat Ronnie at this stage of proceedings; not many can say that. Which is to say though he's had some tough seasons, when he's on he can be one of the best ... but as I type, he overscrews - that could be nerves - so has to do more with a blue to middle. Meantime, Kyren is at the table and a great final red along the cushion leaves him a colour-clearance away from the semis!

O'Sullivan 10-11 Bingham (23-5)

Stuart turns down a long pot not dissimilar to the one he sunk at the start of the last frame; in fairness, it was even harder. But off his safety, Ronnie drains a belter and quickly accumulates ... only to slam into a black on its spot, I presume hoping to break the pack, only to send the object-ball careering out of the jaws! If Stuart can do something here, it'll really send things serious - and don't forget his nerveless clear-up at the end of the last frame.

On table two

Kyren Wilson 12-8 John Higgins

John's at the table leading 33-4, upping the pressure on Kyren with every shot.

O'Sullivan 10-11 Bingham

Do not look away. This is so, so good, and it's only getting better.

O'Sullivan 10-10 Bingham (44-50)

Not quite. It'll need a cut with the rest, a nasty little so-and-so ... and Ronnie jawses it, then Stuart sends it down! He wobbles in a blue, and it's colours off their spots to go in front yet again!

O'Sullivan 10-10 Bingham (38-39)

Ronnie considers the pink Stuart missed but opts to ignore it ... then misses the cannot to develop the harder of the two remaining reds. If he drops in that pink, though, he might well land behind it....

O'Sullivan 10-10 Bingham (22-39)

The wait is almost five minutes, Ronnie appearing to tell the ref to chill - yes, really - and she asks him to carry on, beseeching the crowd to stop still as "this is an important shot". Down it eventually goes.

O'Sullivan 10-10 Bingham (18-39)

Good recovery-pot from Stuart but he's still chasing when he withdraws the rest for a pink, generating feeble power that would have missed right corner anyway, but before he begins his bid to go in front, Ronnie sits down because there's movement in the arena as people return for the Wilson v Higgins resumption.

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O'Sullivan 10-10 Bingham (18-31)

You what?! Ronnie misses a regulation red to right corner, punching the table in disgust, and that's the kind of miss that changes matches - but so was the one Stuart perpetrated earlier. Which is to say it's not necessarily what the mistakes are, but when they happen that's crucial; which is to say this is a massive chance.

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For the final time

We go again!

O'Sullivan 10-10 Bingham (13-9)

A fantastic break from Stuart leaves Ronnie behind the yellow and his escape leaves a chance. But having opened the pack, unloading the suitcase at a black to the yellow, Stuart can't force it down at the pace, and that will surely cost him plenty - perhaps the frame.

Kyren Wilson 11-8 John Higgins

Kyren is at the table 40 points in front, and looking set for to go four up with five to play. I'm not surprised to see that: as with Gilbert v Maguire, when miles behind it's possible to close, but winning enough to win without the opponent getting what they need? Rare, so unlikely.

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On table two

Kyren Wilson 11-8 John Higgins

The reds are open, but we're playing safety with John, who must win this, leading 6-0.

O'Sullivan 10-10 Bingham

We're back level as they go to the mid-sesh, and what a match this is! I cannot wait to see what happens next: both men are playing well, but both men are going to feel the nerves...

O'Sullivan 9-10 Bingham (66-40)

The last red is near the side cushion and in baulk, so Ronnie sets up another cut-back and drains it, plays for the green off the yellow when he doesn't need to, misses the pot ... and if Stuart clears the colours we'll have a respot! What an oversight that was! He misses his first go at the yellow, but have a look! He slides in a beauty next go, adds green via long diagonal, and this would be suuuuuch a steal. But he misses the brown across the baulk line ... then Ronnie slithers it long into right corner!

O'Sullivan 9-10 Bingham (28-35)

Remember when people thought Ronnie playing lefty was disrespectful? Well, after Stuart misses a cut-back along the baulk rail, leaving him in, he keeps the run going by deploying that exact skill, and the way the balls are, he could win this frame at this visit; meantime, Kyren is in the process of securing an 11-8 lead over John who, if he's to have a chance, must surely win at least one and probably two before his opponent goes one away.

O'Sullivan 9-10 Bingham (0-35)

Stuart plays a decent shot breaking pack off black but is he on one? Er, not really. He tries sending one long along the side rail to the yellow bag but really he's focused on getting a good white, and he does.

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O'Sullivan 9-10 Bingham (0-16)

What a red from Stuart, clunked into right corner - the tenser it gets, the better he's doing - and in comms, Dom notes that it's a long time since yerman played like this on a stage like this and Phil Yates adds that twice this season, he's been beaten by Ishpreet Chadha, the world number 88. And yet!

On table two

Wilson 10-8 Higgins

Kyren wins a crucial frame, and will be feeling much better to be two in front.

O'Sullivan 9-10 Bingham

Stuart has played superbly since going 8-6 down, and if he can find a way to win another, he'll really fancy himself.

O'Sullivan 9-9 Bingham (39-62)

He does and he is. This is terrific stuff.

O'Sullivan 9-9 Bingham (39-27)

Stuart removes balls, and if he can split the final two reds effectively - they're below the pink spot - he should be good to go in front once more.

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O'Sullivan 9-9 Bingham (39-1)

But the split goes badly, Ronnie attempts one to the middle but with safety in mind, and Stuart returns to the table to carefully slide an opener into left corner; a decent safety might've been the wiser option.

O'Sullivan 9-9 Bingham (23-0)

Ronnie sinks a lovely opener and works fantastically hard to fashion an opportunity, a handy run of the balls keeping the run going when he plays a poor positional shot. He'll have to break the pack to secure the frame, but he looks really strong, and if, at any point, he wins two frames on the spin, it'll feel like a decisive move.

On table two

Wilson 9-8 Higgins

Kyren won't take a backwards step, and he's at the table 32 points to the good.

O'Sullivan 9-9 Bingham

He cannot, but he's back level and Ronnie just can't pull away.

O'Sullivan 9-8 Bingham (0-81)

Now it's Stuart on the cusp on a ton, and we're in for a treat tonight.

O'Sullivan 9-8 Bingham (0-48)

Stuart breaks the pack nicely enough but Ballrun gets no ball-run, so it's a safety; Ronnie then finds a far better response, but misses the taxing opportunity it earns him and now Stuart has a chance to secure the frame, a lovely red along black cush keeping him going. This should be 9-9, and both men are playing nicely now, as they were at the end of the afternoon sesh.

O'Sullivan 9-8 Bingham (0-24)

A tactical start, then Stuart attacks a long one ... and down it goes, great pot. He works his way back to the business end, opens a path to both corners for the black, and though there's work to do with the reds, this is a chance. Meantime, Kyren concedes and John takes a fourth frame on the spin to trail 9-8.

On table two

Wilson 9-7 Higgins

It's been scrappy so far, John at the table leading 21-6 and with balls in play. if he can close to within one, Kyren, who led 9-4, will really feel his presence.

O'Sullivan 9-8 Bingham

"Have that, Stupot old mate," is pretty much what a 136 total clearance in the first frame of a session says.

O'Sullivan 8-8 Bingham (79-0)

At 8-6 up, Ronnie looked set to build a commanding lead to take into this session, and though he didn't, we could see he was running into form. There's no reason to think a 207th Crucible ton will escape him here, and this is a very strong message sent to Stuart.

O'Sullivan 8-8 Bingham (54-0)

Ronnie is so so good at taking advantage of opportunities such as this one, and if he plays like this for the next hour or so, it's near-enough impossible for Stuart to win. But as we know, this thing of ours isn't often like that.

O'Sullivan 8-8 Bingham (27-0)

Off Stuart's break, Ronnie despatches a fine long red, and if that's a portent, he'll be hard to beat. He quickly accumulates, rattles the pack, and looks in the mood.

They baize

And here we go!

Our players are ready

Ballrun is there first, chalking up, then Kyren. The crowd are ready, and here comes Rob Walker!

Interesting

Pondering his defeat, Judd says he couldn't get rhythm because Jak takes longer over his shots than others, and also notes that the table was difficult - he's not the first. He's won five ranking tournaments this season, but no biggies, and Angles speculates that, given the spin he uses and his technical imperfections, poor conditions have greater effect on him than on others

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And what an evening we've got in prospect

One greatest of all time, one all-time great, one wanna be all-time great and one former champ. Here we go!

We go again!

That's us done for the afternoon

Join me again at 6.30pm BST for the conclusion of this match, and also for the conclusion of Kyren Wilson 9-7 John Higgins.

O'Sullivan 8-8 Bingham

And there it is! No ton - Stuart must make do with a mere 92 - and in roundabout 90 minutes, these two will return to see who meets Jak Jones in the last four!

O'Sullivan 8-7 Bingham (0-63)

In a way it's a shame this sesh is ending, because these have both started playing well now. Stuart takes a fine red to right corner with the rest, and there's now no impediment to him levelling the match at this visit.

O'Sullivan 8-7 Bingham (0-39)

Stuart's using all his nous, experience and skill in crafting this run, but on 27 has a pink to left-middle whose path runs very close to a red. If he sinks it, the frame will feel like it's his ... and down it goes, digging down into the white and flicking home off the near jaw! This looks lot like 8-8!

O'Sullivan 8-7 Bingham (0-1)

Left tight on the baulk cushion, all Stuart can do is take on a long, straight red ... and he controls it beautifully! The balls aren't bad either, so this is a chance to level the match before tonight's final dig.

O'Sullivan 8-7 Bingham

Ton number 582 to Stuart - he's 12th on the all-time list - and this next frame is gigantic. Ronnie takes it, and he's hard to stop, stuart does and who knows?

O'Sullivan 8-6 Bingham (4-87)

Red to middle for the frame .... and down it goes, deadweight. These are some stones from Ballrun here, because the Jaws music will have been ringing in his ears

O'Sullivan 8-6 Bingham (4-43)

Carefully, Stuart builds a frame-winning opportunity, stroking a red down with the rest and looking good. But as the balls open out, he'll know that one error and he offers a thieving opportunity.

O'Sullivan 8-6 Bingham (4-21)

Ronnie rattles home a starter but then misses a red by plenty, allowing Stuart to attempt a long one ... big trouble if it stays out ... but it's there. Huge visit coming up, and he starts it well.

O'Sullivan 8-6 Bingham

The one-two of brilliance and fortune - the awesome pot to the green followed by the inadvertent kiss off the wrong ball - ensure that, for the first time in the match, Ronnie leads by two.

O'Sullivan 7-6 Bingham (61-28)

Stuart will have feared this happening when he didn't capitalise on his 3-1 lead yesterday; Ronnie played poorly for his 4-4, but it was unlikely he'd stick at that level, and though it's take longer than expected for him to go up a few, now he has. If Stuart loses one or both of this afternoon's two remaining frames, he's in all sorts.

O'Sullivan 7-6 Bingham (26-28)

Oooh yeah, a glorious red powered long to the yellow, but then what a fluke! Attempting a red close to another, Ronnie hits the unintended one first but still pots the other! That's the last thing Stuart needed, and the sense now is that he might've missed his chance, because if TMNTPETPUAC carries on potting as he has the last two frames, this is near enough over.

O'Sullivan 7-6 Bingham (7-28)

Off Ronnie's break, Stuart clips a lovely starter into right corner, but just as he's looking set, he hits the far jaw of right-middle, the ball goes down then pops out again, and again, you feel if Ronnie can open up a two-frame lead, he'll be very hard to reel in.

O'Sullivan 7-6 Bingham

A mere 79 is all it takes, and when you think about the players left in the draw, I'm not certain I can see any beating Ronnie over best of 32 or 35.

O'Sullivan 6-6 Bingham (40-5)

This is what I expected more frames to look like, Ronnie getting in and removing balls - not because I don't rate Stuart, I do but because it's almost impossible to prevent.

O'Sullivan 6-6 Bingham (8-5)

Stuart gets away to the tune of one, then Ronnie goes in-off; no matter, for when Stuart misses to left corner by a way, he sends a gorgeous starter to the middle, ruffles pack off black, and this is more like it.

Up goes the screen

And away we go again in our remiaming match.

Dave Gilbert beats Stephen Maguire 13-8!

Yes it is! Stephen concedes, I'm not sure why, and Dave, who binned champion Luca Brecel in round one, is through to his second Crucible semi, where he'll meet either Kyren WIlson or John Higgins!

Still on table two

Leading 52-22, Dave is a pot away from the last four ... AND THERE IT IS! He clips a nice red into the green, but will want to make sure to avoid disaster, whether by potting a colour or putting one safe. He opts to take on a pink to middle, gets close, and leaves Stephen the yellow. This isn't over...

On table two

It's Dave, needing one more frame to move on, leading 19-1, but in the midst of a safety battle.

O'Sullivan 6-6 Bingham

Ronnie can't see the yellow away, doesn't get cover, and when Stuart drains it, we're all square at the interval!

O'Sullivan 6-5 Bingham (29-58)

Left a long one to left corner, Stuart drains it and adds a black; a further red-black leaves Ronnie needing a snooker and, having taken care to just pot the last of those balls, he plays safe, on nowt.

O'Sullivan 6-5 Bingham (29-43)

The ref is happy the ball is now not moving when replaced, Ronnie isn't, and Stuart doesn't want to get involved, saying he'll accept whatever Ronnie says; "Last time," she says, goes again, and when it stays still Ronnie thinks it might now go ... then decides it doesn't, zipping back to baulk. How important might that fraction of a millimetre be in the final analysis? the frame has now lasted close to 40 minutes.

O'Sullivan 6-5 Bingham (29-43)

Ronnie tries taking one from middle to right corner, misses ... and leaves nowt. But Ronnie gets the next chance, rams in a red, releases others, and in one shot might just've transformed the frame. A tricky pink follows, and the match could well tilt irrevocably on this visit. As I type, a gorgeous cut sends a black to right corner - Phil thinks there was a kick involved too - but is he on the next red? He asks for the black to be replaced, but can't quite decide if it's the in the road. Dom reckons there's an indentation on the spot which is making the ball tip a little, and it's that which is obstructing the route to the next ball. The debate continues and the tension intensifies.

O'Sullivan 6-5 Bingham (4-42)

A miscue from Stuart makes a blue harder than it needed to be and he can't send it to right-middle, so the frame remains in the balance - though with some sorting required for Ronnie to pinch it, its remaining reds in largely nasty positions. Meantime, Dave leads Stephen 12-8, and needs one more for a semi against Kyren Wilson or John Higgins when they return after the interval.

O'Sullivan 6-5 Bingham (4-41)

This is such a vital visit because Ronnie with a two-frame lead is a problem. Which means Stuart is right under it here, but so far he's dealing with it well while, in the other match, Dave has a 48-point lead and an inviting table to establish a 12-8 lead.

O'Sullivan 6-5 Bingham (4-12)

And it's Ronnie, Stuart taking on a long one then, when it goes down, adding the green to mooch back up the table. If he can work out a route through the balls, again using blue, he's in decent shape, but for now he's chasing, after a poor pot sends red in off a jaw.

O'Sullivan 6-5 Bingham (4-1)

Stuart sinks a red then does well to go in-off rather than leave white up the business end; several shots later, he opens the pack, and it now looks like whoever makes the first safety error will leave their opponent all sorts.

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O'Sullivan 6-5 Bingham (0-0)

A phone goes off and Dom doesn't like it, noting he goes to the ballet and it never happens; the frame starts with a safety battle.

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On table two

Stephen Maguire 7-11 Dave Gilbert

Dave just cannot relax himself, and Stephen is at the table looking set to close the gap to three again.

O'Sullivan 6-5 Bingham

Ronnie clears the table to hit the front for the first time, and that feels and looks like a turning point. In his seat, Stuart tries to look focused, but the turmoil is etched right across his Chevy Chase.

O'Sullivan 5-5 Bingham (45-61)

Dom notes that the red is close to the cushion and he can't see Ronnie missing it ... then he misses it, not giving it quite enough power, so when it hits the jaw it's incapable of struggling in. So Stuart jabs it away ... only to make a dreadful mess of a black off its spot, frame-ball too! Colours for Ronnie to steal, and what a moment in the match - and championship - that could be!

O'Sullivan 5-5 Bingham (1-60)

Stuart builds a decent lead but lands on the side and can't direct a red across the table to right corner. He'll be very scared indeed that Ronnie will pinch the frame from here, even though there's a red on the top rail.

O'Sullivan 5-5 Bingham (0-35)

Ronnie misses to left corner by a way, Stuart tidying up, but when he breaks the pack he doesn't free the black so it'll be hard work from here. He's up for it though, making decent progress with blues, and neither player can get away. Meantime on the other table, Dave has just scrounged his way to an 11-7 lead - he's not loving it at all - and is two away.

On table two

Stephen Maguire 7-10 Dave Gilbert

Dave leads 33-8 in the 18th but it's Stephen at the table.

O'Sullivan 5-5 Bingham

This has been messy so far today, but has Ronnie got himself going? and if so, can Stuart go eith him?

O'Sullivan 4-5 Bingham (80-18)

Indeed he does, and he pots nicely in the process, arm looking freer. He might backslide, but I'm Stuart, I'm seeing signs here.

O'Sullivan 4-5 Bingham (57-18)

Stuart tries taking one from right side to left-centre, misses and surely from here, Ronnie levels us up.

O'Sullivan 4-5 Bingham (56-14)

Ronnie gets in with a colossal diagonal red. Stuart shaking his head in what can you amazement. But again, he can't capitalise, missing to the corner and allowing Stuart to pot one off another, also liberating the yellow and finishing on the blue. If he can take this frame two, we're really talking ... but he cannons pink off blue and chunters to himself when landing on nowt.

O'Sullivan 4-5 Bingham (26-8)

Here's the thing: even though he's won the UK and Masters this season, Ronnie hasn't played especially well, and trying to force a yellow to middle, he instead leaves a chance, but Stuart clips a red he aimed to avoid, meaning end of break.

O'Sullivan 4-5 Bingham (7-0)

Have we seen this one before? Stuart misses to left corner then Ronnie to right - an easier ball that he thinks is down, walking off before staring open-mouthed as it catches the near jaw. He gets away with it, though, his opponent missing a starter, and if he can administer due punishment, Stuart will rue his errors in a way that might alter the flow of things.

On table two

Stephen Maguire 7-10 Dave Gilbert

From 9-2 in front, Dave will be starting to wonder, and few can get as down on themselves as he can.

O'Sullivan 4-5 Bingham

He certainly can! If Ronnie doesn't improve, he won't win this.

O'Sullivan 4-4 Bingham (1-90)

Stuart quickly finishes the frame, but can he open the afternoon with a ton?

O'Sullivan 4-4 Bingham (1-51)

Good work from Stuart, and in a sense this is a match not dissimilar to the Trump-Jones one, in that the longer you allow a fine but still inferior player to stay with you, the more likely he is to see you away.

O'Sullivan 4-4 Bingham (1-26)

Stuart soon misses but then Ronnie gets a massive kick sending one long to the yellow, so of course in comms, Dom rhapsodises the new chalk that seems to have eliminated them for most players; the Rocket still deploys the old version. So, chance for Ballrun.

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O'Sullivan 4-4 Bingham (1-12)

Ronnie will know he played poorly yesterday - it's unlikely he won't improve today - but also that in 20-13, Stuart beat him at this stage en route to winning the thing, and also that he lost in the last eight last term. He starts nicely though, sending a diagonal red to right corner, only to miss a black off its spot to left! He did that in the first frame yesterday, and Ballrun will feel that little bit better for the oversight as he seeks to capitalise.

And off we go!

Our boyz baize

We go again

That's us done for the morning

Rather "morning". Judd is gone, join me again in 30 to see:

Dave Gilbert 10-6 Stephen Maguire
Stuart Bingham 4-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan

Oooh yeah!

Wilson 9-7 Higgins

Kyren will know this match should be as good as over, but he'd have taken two in front going into the final session; can he find himself in his time off?

Wilson 9-6 Higgins (13-61)

Kyren is a battler and returns to the table needing three snookers to tie. Good luck with that, old mate

Wilson 9-6 Higgins (13-54)

John's had every shred of luck going in this frame, he gets in again, and will now grab a 4-4- session in a match he looked almost out of.

Wilson 9-6 Higgins (13-46)

Indeed there is, a pink to middle yielding no red. So he tries a plant, gets nowhere near, and has he been lucky again? Not quite, a tester to right corner there for Kyren ... but he cues right across it and is absolutely hating this now.

Wilson 9-6 Higgins (13-39)

Kyren dominated the first session too, only to fade, but after John misses a long pot he has a long think then play I don't even know what, sending one red into another and leaving the table ... BUT OH MY ABSOLUTE COMPLETE AND UTTER DAYS! John misses red to left-centre, it flicks the brown and goes down the green bag! Internally, Kyren will spewing, but there's still work to do to secure the frame.

Wilson 9-6 Higgins (13-32)

"Goodness me that really is poor touch," says Nealf when Kyren plays an unnecessary cannon. "He really has tightened up." So it's back to baulk, and another crucial frame struggles on.

Wilson 9-6 Higgins (6-32)

Another pot with the rest, another pot with the rest missed, this time undercut to left corner and not getting near. Or, in other words, though Kyren has dropped, John isn't playing that well himself, but his lead is a useful one given reds under the pink blocking each other.

Wilson 9-6 Higgins (1-24)

I'm sorry?! The greatest rest-player in the history of our game misses with it for the fifth time, a red to left corner, and this is a chance for Kyren to relay the smack! In a sense, the pressure is even greater now - had John cleared, what can you do, but if he can't take advantage, doubt. And there it is, a blue overcut to the middle, and Kyren is fading; he needs the interval badly, a crazy thing to say given he won its first four frames.

Wilson 9-6 Higgins (0-16)

Kyren's a pretty solid operator and knows that if he plays well, he wins. But he also knows what John can do and, as I type, a nice red is taken from near the blue spot to right corner. Again, the table is tricky, pink and black unavailable, but the Wiz has the bit between his teeth now, potting with classic care.

Wilson 9-6 Higgins

This next frame, the last of the session, is a monster. Yes!

Wilson 9-5 Higgins (64-65)

John leaves Kyren a brutal pot to right corner for 10-5 ... he misses it, and it's going to bounces off the baulk cushion and over the same bag! What a turning point that could be!

Wilson 9-5 Higgins (64-65)

So, pink to black will be a toughie, John isn't on it as he'd like ... and it's going to be a black-ball finish! So down the table it goes, white near the top rail. For tension, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - like the Cruce.

Wilson 9-5 Higgins (64-33)

Eesh, and there it is! Kyren is loose with the white, jawses his recovery-pot plant, and tantalises the greatest thief in the game with the prospect of yet another steal! But the black is marooned on the top cushion...

Wilson 9-5 Higgins (54-32)

Over the years, Kyren's been criticised for his cue-ball control - it's why, I'd suggest, he's not yet won a biggie. But he's done well at the Cruce because his single-ball potting, safety and moxie are on-point so, if he's improved that weakness - and he says he has - he's a proper threat. He's almost there.

Wilson 9-5 Higgins (31-32)

Yup, Kyren is quickly back in his seat having jawsed to right corner, but John misses a cut with the rest and this is now a chance for Kyren to remind us all who's been the best player in this tournament - so far. One more frame this morning and he'll be very hard to stop tonight.

Wilson 9-5 Higgins (13-27)

John runs out of position so plays a decent safety, Kyren missing his thin contact ... then again. So he tries something different but John can't sink to right corner and the Warrior cuts home a nice one to the green ... but the table is uninviting. We could be here some time.

Wilson 9-5 Higgins (0-13)

John clips down a delightful long red and he's visibly growing in front of our eyes, confidently eliminating balls.

Wilson 9-5 Higgins

Fifty-seven in front with 43 left, john misses and Kyren concedes.

Wilson 9-4 Higgins (16-40)

Good work from John, who might just've changed his mindset following that chuckle with the crowd. There's no reason to think this frame won't be his.

Wilson 9-4 Higgins (16-15)

Laughs a plenty as the dividing screen raises, John at the table. He then sinks a decent starter and knows he can't afford to slip further behind; even 9-7 leaves him with lots of work to do this evening, but anything worse and he's close to hame.

Righto, over the other match it is

And Kyren has recently won a fifth frame in a row for a 9-4 lead.

Jak Jones beats Judd Trump 13-9!

Real talk, it's not even been a contest this morning, and Judd sinks the final black to end with a ton! He's beaten one of the greats of the game, caused one of the great upsets, and what now for him?! He meets Kyren or John next, and the way he's playing - the confidence, the conviction, the equanimity - either will have to be at it to get by him.

Trump 9-12 Jones (25-89)

Black to right corner for the match ... and Jak spanks it home! He is flying now, into the last four, and what a feeling that must be! All that schlepping, all those hard defeats and soulless qualifying venues, the effort, the dslf-doubt, the knockbacks, the tears, the fear. Well expletive done Jak Jones!

Trump 9-12 Jones (25-66)

Big red for Jak, mid-distance cut to left corner, and he eases it down beautifully; his eight brothers and one sister are going to be very proud siblings, to say nothing of his parents, and he's two pots away from ejecting a former champ, also one of the players of the season.

Trump 9-12 Jones (25-44)

Jak misses a cannon off the black so has to try his next ball with the rest - he's been great in that department so far and down it does, a pink to middle following. He's been so calm in this match having had a difficult year to follow what he must've hoped would be a breakthrough Crucible quarter in 2023, and all he needs now is one more run, but it's getting trickier, the reds now in more awkward places.

Trump 9-12 Jones (25-6)

Maybe Judd should look at this like his 3-0 down in one of those best of sevens; there's something about the Cruce that isn't working for him, because he ought to have done way better than one title - though it featured one of the all-time great final performances, in any sport. He's good enough to do it but Jak isn't going to make it easy, taking on a difficult red, getting close ... and going in-off! Chance for Judd, and this situation should inspire one of our game's great competitors. But as I type, he rams in a red, catches the brown ... and goes in-off himself! If Jak can sink a starter, he'll have a chance to seal f&m at this visit, he steers down a longun, and here we go! imagine how he's feeling out there, goodness me.

On table one

Kyren Wilson 8-4 John Higgins

Kyren leads 31-8 in frame 13, but we're playing safety.

Trump 9-12 Jones

Judd has no remaining margin for error. He needs four frames on the spin, and if he can't take them, Jak - the world number 44 - is going into the one-table situation!

Trump 9-11 Jones (21-54)

Jak knocks the red away then Judd looks certain to pot the yellow, hitting green .. but it stays out, then he returns the red whence it came, but more severely; "this is like watching a horror film," chuckles Dave in comms, tension ratcheting up yet further. But then Judd leaves a chance to the yellow, down it goes, and this is going to be 9-12!

Trump 9-11 Jones (21-53)

We're back away on table one while, on two, the yellow is on the lip of the green bag, the green right in front of it, with the final red close by. It's getting fiddly, the risk of fouling and ceding a chance high - and, for the first time, Jak will be feeling his missed a trick.

'These are bad signs' - Trump misses another pink in 20th frame

Trump 9-11 Jones (21-53)

The thing with Judd is he can explode into brilliance at any time, but more than that, he can also play just about well enough to win any match at any time, and a key black - any other colour and he needs a snooker - slips down nicely. That last red, though, is inaccessible, so he brings it off the cushion and the hunt is on! This frame looked over, now it might just represent the crux of this ruck.

Trump 9-11 Jones (8-53)

A pink slotted to right-middle settles the frame ... but Jak hits the far knuckle, frame-ball missed a second time! P-R-E-S-S-U-R-E! He doesn't leave owt but, and a poor response from Judd offers a long starter to left corner; again, though, it doesn't disappear and this time refuses to go safe - though the pink is now on the side cushion. Crucial, nerve-shredding visit coming up!

Trump 9-11 Jones (7-45)

Well, a terrific pink to right corner sustains the run, and sat in his seat, Judd looks glum. I'm not sure I've ever seen him play so badly, the ludicrous competitive instinct that sees him win best-of-sevens constantly, deserting him in a format that ought really make things easier for him. There's no reason whatsoever to think Jak isn't going one away.

Trump 9-11 Jones (7-24)

Goodness me, Jak misses a red to right corner by plenty, sends claret everywhere ... and leaves nothing, or nothing east. Judd thinks about a thin cut to right corner, gets the extension out, thinks a bit more, looks at the angles ... and pokes home. And he's on the yellow too, BUT WHAT ON EARTH ARE WE SEEING! Looking to tickle it down, he gives it too little, Jak drains a starter, and will know that this is the chance of a lifetime - Judd just can't get going, missing easy ball after easy ball - but that brings with it its own pressure. Can he ride it?

Trump 9-11 Jones (6-6)

On table one, Kyren disappears a fine long red for three on the spin and an 8-4 interval lead while back in our match, Judd refuses a plant and Jak gets in; is he the new Anthony McGill, a Crucible specialist who should really do better elsewhere? Well, a black sent long towards the yellow bag catches the side rail and stays out, there's a nice start to left-middle available, and this feels like an extremely important visit. But have a look! The red goes down, he's on the pink ... then another red knocks the white out of the road. So it's a nasty brown to the green, it wobbles in, and is he on one? perhaps, to left corner ... yup, it's there, and can he work his way into prime position? He cannot, jawsing yellow when he shouldn't, and that improvement he'd have hoped for after the interval hasn't materialised. Chance for Jak!

We go again!

Judd needs four, Jak two.

'Would you believe it?' - 'Important moment' as Jones pots cue ball after sinking pink

On table one

Kyren Wilson 7-4 John Higgins

I'm not surprised to see this. Kyren is playing really well, well enough to negate John's experience and competitive spirit. I'd not be surprised to see him stretch away from here. We'll be back in 15.

Trump 9-11 Jones

Sixty-one and the frame. If Judd doesn't sort himself, Jak is going into the semis!

Trump 9-10 Jones (10-72)

Work for Jack Trump, Judd's brother to do, in the interval, because Jak sinks a black and gets on to the next red which means he's going two up with five to play. The Ace's highest break this morning? Twenty-two.

Trump 9-10 Jones (10-39)

On table one, Kyren has forged two ahead again, but back with our feature match, Judd, in thanks to his good safety, has sent a pink off the straight and into the jaw; he's feeling this and badly needs the interval. Jak, though, has due punishment to administer before the relative sanctuary of the break, looking good to open a two-frame lead as we near the clutch.

Trump 9-10 Jones (1-24)

The pack yields little so it's safe, and when Judd forces one down left corner from the rail close by ... he again lands on nowt. The balls aren't helping him - though he could of course help himself by playing better - and finds a decent safety, this time the white pinned to the baulk rail.

Trump 9-10 Jones (0-1)

Judd misses a red by miles, ad though he leaves nowt it does not bespeak a man at one with his game. And when another poor safety leaves the white just above the baulk-line, a starter steered to middle and Jak's away again.

On table one

Kyren Wilson 5-4 John Higgins

Kyren leads 32-9 but there's plenty of mileage left in this frame.

Trump 9-10 Jones

Jak misses a red to middle but an 87 is more than enough to secure the frame. He's three away from a semi against John or Kyren.

Trump 9-9 Jones (0-66)

It's always interesting to see which players do well at the Cruce and Jak, who made the last eight last term too, is so composed; other players might've sulked or shrunk after what happened in the last frame, but he's just got on with things. Judd is in big trouble, and if this next black, off its spot from high, goes down, 9-10 will be imminent ... and it's there!

Trump 9-9 Jones (0-35)

Jak takes on a biggie to left corner and misses, but it works out well because when Judd does likewise he get involved, his opponent placing hand over eyes back in his chair. And he'll not be feeling better when the pack is broken, a red delicately chipped into right corner opening plenty.

'You can't be missing these' - Eurosport commentators shocked as Trump misses routine pink

On table one

Kyren Wilson 5-4 John Higgins

Trump 9-9 Jones

Judd does the necessary and looks extremely relieved in the process. Neither man is playing well enough to make me think this isn't going long ting.

Trump 8-9 Jones (39-24)

Jak pokes the final red down with the rest but the colours needs work, brown blocking green to its natural bag ... BUT WHAT ON EARTH! Screwing back off pink for yellow, he takes white into right-middle and out of nowhere, Judd needs the three lowest colours for a frame he'd half given up. This game!

Trump 8-9 Jones (33-9)

Another loose positional shot leads Judd to undercut a red to right corner, but when Jak sinks a starter he snookers himself in, let's be real, hilarious style. But what an escape he conjures, off three rails, and instead of pulling him down the table behind a baulk colour, Judd cannons one, leaving a red to right corner; he pauses as there's commotion from elsewhere, John finally putting his and Kyren's ninth frame out of its misery to trail 4-5, then sets about the steal.

Trump 8-9 Jones (29-2)

On table one, an epic ninth frame and first of the day is still in the balance, John leading Kyren 46-37 but nowhere near safe, brown and blue both on cushions; they've been pursuing the latter for nearly 20 minutes. Meantime, Judd sinks a red but eschews the kind of nasty broon he'd ordinarily attack, tucking in behind the green instead; Jak hits pink with his escape and this is another opportunity for Judd, but the reds are all tilted towards the left side of the table, blocking each other. But a nice kiss looks to have opened things, and this could well be level again.

Trump 8-9 Jones (13-1)

But it's Jak in next, clipping home a decent starter, and a kiss on the blue allows him to exorcise the miss of the previous frame ... but he misses a much harder ball from close to it, Judd downs the next red ... and botches his attempted snooker behind the yellow - catching the slate underneath the baize, reckons UJ.

Trump 8-9 Jones (8-0)

Judd has little choice but to take on a diagonal starter to right corner ... but he doesn't get position and can't hide his disappointment. However, Jak then leaves a red over left, black in front of it so it's red into black into red and away again. Nope, again he can't get position, so it's safe and wait for another opportunity.

On table one

Kyren Wilson 5-3 John Higgins

John leads by 13 with one red left, but he's snookered and Kyren is squeezing.

Trump 8-9 Jones

Thinking to do for Judd. How does he find his form?

Trump 8-8 Jones (27-57)

Jak drops in behind the final red, sends it along black cush, it wobbles ... and drops. He then tries a snooker and though he misses, Judd leaves the yellow, and that will be the frame.

Trump 8-8 Jones (27-40)

Jak sinks a tricky cut-back black then steers a fine red down left corner. He knew that was a big shot so he considered, composed, then executed. He really really should take the frame from here, and Judd will know that if he doesn't improve, he might well lose this.

Trump 8-8 Jones (27-16)

Was a good chance. Judd still can't get going, overcutting a simple pink focused on a cannon - "Oh my word!" offers Uncle Joe - and now Jak has another chance to force the issue.

Trump 8-8 Jones (26-15)

And still, neither man can find his best form, Jak running out of position before playing what looks like a decent safety; Judd soon makes that impression look ridiculous, picking out a tremendous plant that leaves him on the green. Naturally, Uncle Joe loves it - he loves Judd almost as much as Stephen loves Ronnie - and this is a good chance.

Trump 8-8 Jones (22-8)

Trying to cut one long to the green bag, Judd gets nowhere near but Jak can't capitalise; no matter. Judd misses a double, leaves a different ball, and it's another chance for the one-of-10.

Trump 8-8 Jones (17-1)

Dearie me, Jak gets in then misses as easy a blue as you'll see - the kind of blue you or I might sink in the club. So Judd - who can play a lot better than so far in this match - gets to work. If he can take the first couple here, his opponent might wonder if he's missed his chance.

And away we go!

Our boyz baize

Let's get it on!

What?!

Jak Jones has eight brothers and one sister! Effort!

Righto, our coverage is under way

Jak Jones is off for a walk with our Rachel Casey - he was at Ding's academy in Sheffield so feels nicely at home. He got into snooker after former Welsh pro Darren Morgan saw him playing pool on holiday, and here he is. That's great.

Where we're at

Kyren Wilson 5-3 John Higgins
Judd Trump 8-8 Jak Jones
David Gilbert 10-6 Stephen Maguire
Stuart Bingham 4-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan

Morning all!

Goodness me, mates, what a day this is: all four quarters to a finish with three tight and one on the cusp of tight. I've not a clue what's going to happen, but I can't wait to bring it to you.

Today's Schedule

10:00

Kyren Wilson v John Higgins
Judd Trump v Jak Jones

14:30

David Gilbert v Stephen Maguire
Stuart Bingham v Ronnie O'Sullivan

19:00

Kyren Wilson v John Higgins
Stuart Bingham v Ronnie O'Sullivan

Tuesday recap - Trump and Jones remain locked after tight evening session, O'Sullivan and Bingham level

There is still nothing to split Judd Trump and Jak Jones after two sessions of their World Championship quarter-final, with the pair locked at 8-8 heading into Wednesday’s decisive third meeting.

Trump, a 2019 world champion, was the huge favourite ahead of the tie but scrapped to 4-4 in the first session and couldn’t pull away from the determined Welshman on Tuesday evening.

Play will continue on Wednesday morning at 10:00 UK time, with the winner set to face Ronnie O’Sullivan or Stuart Bingham in the last four.

The two are locked at 4-4 after both players surrendered the lead in an even opening session to their World Championship quarter-final.

World No. 1 O’Sullivan, bidding for a record eighth Crucible title in Sheffield, got off to a sloppy start and trailed 3-1 before a run of three straight frames edged him in front.

But 2015 world champion Bingham claimed the final frame of the session to level things up and leave the tie finely poised ahead of its resumption on Wednesday.

Elsewhere, Kyren Wilson took a 5-3 lead over four-time world champion John Higgins while Stephen Maguire will be attempting the mother of all comebacks after fighting back to 10-6 having trailed 7-1 and 9-2 to David Gilbert.