Judd Trump v Mark Williams LIVE: Score and updates from World Snooker Championship semi-final

After Trump’s break-off, Williams plays a slightly loose safety shot which leaves a long diagonal red to the bottom-right corner – the cue ball needed to be much closer to the baulk cushion to be safe. Trump buries the pot and he’s earned himself a good chance to score once more…

This is world-class break-building by Trump, featuring a brilliant positional shot from yellow down into the reds near the black, developing several balls in the process. A break of 71 gets the frame won. What a match this is.

First blood to Trump in this frame, using the rest to steer a red into the bottom-left corner pocket. The reds are spread in little clusters which will need carefully untangling as he progresses through this break, but it’s an inviting situation to score…

Williams pots a brilliant, high-tarrif red into the bottom-left pocket and knocks in a few more balls to see off Trump’s challenge, and he’s ahead.

Mark Williams makes a beautiful half-century break to take control of this first morning frame, but he loses position after potting a thin black and now he can’t pot a red. End of break, leading 57-0 with 83 points remaining.

John Parrott, speaking on the BBC, lauds Williams and Trump for their contest yesterday: “That was my favourite session in the entire event so far – it had everything. Centuries, clearances, mistakes – magnificent.”

So we are not far away not from the start of this morning session, which is scheduled to get under way just after 10am. It is effectively a fresh start this morning and a best-of-17 contest to reach the final.

Not too long now until we get going again at the Crucible. If you need a quick refresh of all of the action so far in Sheffield, we’ve got you covered:

The participation of now-World Snooker Championship finallist Zhao Xintong in this event is slightly complex, the Chinese player back from a match-fixing ban after being caught up in an edifying saga for the sport. Ahead of the UK Championship last year, Luke Baker explained the story:

Mark Williams fought back from a four-frame deficit against Judd Trump to level their semi-final at 8-8.

Trump resumed 5-3 ahead and set down an early marker to extend his lead and suggest that he could run away with the match.

A break of 70 made it 6-3 and Trump pinched the next frame with a 65 clearance after Williams, on a break of 57, missed a black off the spot.

Williams replied with breaks of 105 and 84 before edging a scrappier 13th frame to trail 7-6.

Trump took the next without any big breaks but Williams shaded a tense 15th frame, sewing it up on the pink.

And a consummate 96 clearance from the Welshman ensured parity before the pair resume play on Saturday morning.