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UNBELIEVABLE: Allen and wu toil in 100 minute frame embarrassment higgins leads murphy | History Defined

Mark Allen plays a shot with several red balls clustered around the black.
Mark Allen and Wu Yize played 55 minutes of frame 14 without a ball being potted, after several reds became clustered around the black over a pocket. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA

Wu Yize and Mark Allen’s semi-final is poised at seven frames all after their afternoon session ended with a bizarre frame – the longest in the World Snooker Championship’s Crucible era – clocking in at just over 100 minutes.

Allen began the afternoon trailing 6-2 overnight to an opponent high on confidence and belief, but fought back in style, winning five frames in succession to edge 7-6 ahead.

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