Wu Yize leads Shaun Murphy 10-7 after Sunday's play in the World Snooker Championship final.
The 22-year-old has the advantage following the evening session -- in which he was fearless with long potting and built breaks with speed.
Murphy remains firmly in touch in Sheffield, with the winner needing 18 to win, but will feel he missed out on a final frame opportunity to close the deficit to one.
With play resuming on Monday at 1pm, here's how the action on Sunday unfolded.
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22-year-old sensation Wu booked his place in the final after a stunning semifinal vs. Mark Allen on Saturday night -- surviving a match ball at 16-15 down, as Allen incredibly missed a black to take it.
Wu kept his nerve and sealed that frame and the last, to qualify 17-16. He had previously beat Hossein Vafaei, four-time world champion Mark Selby and Jak Jones on his way to the final.
Murphy, who won this tournament in 2005, also had to find his best snooker to get past John Higgins 17-15 in their semifinal -- having seen off reigning champion Zhao Xintong in the quarterfinal.
It's his fifth final overall, his last a 15-18 defeat to Selby in 2021.