Ronnie O’Sullivan v Ryan Day LIVE: World Snooker Championship score and latest updates today

Day is the first to score in this fifth frame, and he’s now taking his time building a break, understandably so. Most breaks are often instinctive with the next positional shot obvious in a player’s mind, but the spread nature of the reds here has made this a little more of a riddle. Day is going along nicely so far, with good control, and he has 30 points on the board.

Day follows that beautifully potted red with a shocking missed black off the spot, and the two players then exchange some scrappy misses. The reds are now scattered around the table, and that’s going to make this an interesting frame.

We’re back in the arena after the interval, and it’s O’Sullivan to break. He leaves a long red, which Day slams into the back of the corner pocket. Stunning shot.

On the other side of the screen, Shaun Murphy and Stephen Maguire are battling away. Murphy is hanging on and has just clinched the 20th frame of the match, but he trails 12-8 and Maguire is only one frame away from the quarter-finals.

O’Sullivan misses a tough red down the top-cushion rail, leaving it over the pocket for Day to tap in. After two stunning opening frames from O’Sullivan, we’re going to the interval all square.

Day finally runs out of position and is forced to play safe, but he’s almost over the line. He leads the frame 70-0, with 75 points left on the table and O’Sullivan with no option but to play safe.

Day establishes himself in the frame with a confident red and he’s building a potential winning break here. Fifty points on the board already…

Day makes a strange break-off shot which goes crashing into the yellow ball, which saves him from disaster by leaving the cue ball in baulk. Nothing’s left on for O’Sullivan to go at, so a safety exchange begins.

Day does indeed hold it together, and he’s on the board.

O’Sullivan was peerless for two frames and woeful for one. Let’s see what we get in the final frame before the mid-session interval.

This is a chaotic frame: Day misses a black off the spot and O’Sullivan replies with a missed red he would expect to make. Who is going to get a grip on this scrappy battle?

Day leads by 20 points and he’s at the table with a third chance.