The quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championship come to an end on Wednesday, with just four players remaining by the close of play.
It is a busy day at the Crucible as one match finishes in the morning session, one in the afternoon and two in the evening as the semi-final line-up is set.
Some games are closer than others after Tuesday’s play, with Mark Williams and John Higgins beautifully poised at 8-8 going into their final session.
Judd Trump threatened to run away with his game against Luca Brecel, but that is pretty tight at 5-3, while Ronnie O’Sullivan leads Si Jiahui 6-2 with two sessions to play.
The contest which looks set to be short on Wednesday is Zhao Xintong against Chris Wakelin, with the Chinese star leading 12-4 in the race to 13.
The match had been pretty close at 6-4 before Zhao reeled off six frames on the spin on Tuesday night to put himself just one away from a first World Championship semi-final.
The quarter-finalists have already guaranteed themselves £50,000, while losing semi-finalists win £100,000, the runner-up gets £200,000 and the champion claims £500,000.
World Snooker Championship Day 12 Schedule
Wednesday April 30
10.00
John Higgins 8-8 Mark Williams
Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-2 Si Jiahui
14.30
Zhao Xintong 12-4 Chris Wakelin
Luca Brecel 3-5 Judd Trump
19.00
Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-2 Si Jiahui
Luca Brecel 3-5 Judd Trump
Semi-finals: May 1-3
Final: May 4-5
World Snooker Championship results
Round One
Lei Peifan 10-9 Kyren Wilson
Xiao Guodong 10-4 Matthew Selt
Mark Williams 10-8 Wu Yize
Hossein Vafaei 10-9 Barry Hawkins
Chris Wakelin 10-8 Neil Robertson
Zhao Xintong 10-4 Jak Jones
Mark Allen 10-6 Fan Zhengyi
John Higgins 10-7 Joe O’Connor
Ding Junhui 10-7 Zak Surety
Si Jiahui 10-6 Dave Gilbert
Shaun Murphy 10-4 Daniel Wells
Pang Junxu 10-7 Zhang Anda
Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-4 Ali Carter
Judd Trump 10-4 Zhou Yuelong
Luca Brecel 10-7 Ryan Day
Ben Woollaston 10-8 Mark Selby
Round Two
Chris Wakelin 13-6 Mark Allen
John Higgins 13-12 Xiao Guodong
Hossein Vafaei 10-13 Mark Williams
Zhao Xintong 13-10 Lei Peifan
Judd Trump 13-10 Shaun Murphy
Si Jiahui 13-10 Ben Woollaston
Luca Brecel 13-4 Ding Junhui
Ronnie O’Sullivan 13-4 Pang Junxu
World Snooker Championship prize money
Winner: £500,000
Runner-up: £200,000
Semi-finalists: £100,000
Quarter-finalists: £50,000
Last 16: £30,000
Last 32: £20,000