World Snooker Championship LIVE: Latest scores and updates as Si Jiahui and Luca Brecel resume semi-final and Mark Selby leads Mark Allen

There’ll be speak about strain and whether or not it’s obtained to Si Jiahui however I don’t assume that’s essentially the case.

Throughout the match the 20-year-old has made slight errors which have gone unpunished however for the final 10 frames or so Luca Brecel has been unbelievable.

The Belgian has been aggressive and has taken dangers – they’ve all been rewarded as his wins the body (a 10th in a row) to take the lead for the primary time within the match.

Si trails by 50 with 75 factors left on the desk. He performs a security shot off the again cushion and leaves Brecel with one other tempter – an extended pot to the highest left pocket.

Brecel is isn’t drawn in and as a substitute performs a security to the highest cushion.

Luca Brecel is the person in type. After a few false begins on this body Brecel begins to notch up an honest break and has a couple of reds open to assault.

A break of 40 will get Brecel over 5000 factors for the match and he’s no performed but. He has to cannon the cueball right into a bunch of 5 reds however the separation doesn’t assist a lot.

Luca Brecel is a fearless snooker participant. He takes pictures on that no-one else does, even within the excessive strain situation of a World Championship semi-final.

Two breaks of 1 level every put him in entrance however each occasions he’s not had any angles on a observe up color.

There’s a most of 5 frames left on this semi-final and each males have to win three of them to progress into the World Snooker Championship remaining.

Neither of those gamers has reached this stage of the match earlier than. Everything is on the road now.

Si Jiahui breaks off for the 29th body.

Si Jiahui might be greater than slightly shell-shocked. He was main this semi-final 14-5 and now it’s all sq. once more. Luca Brecel has reeled off 9 frames in a row and has all of the momentum with him.

The subsequent body after the interval might be essential. If Si takes it a little bit of confidence will come again and he’ll have the ability to deal with getting the job performed.

If it goes to Brecel the Belgian might be virtually inconceivable to beat.

What a shot! Luca Brecel fizzes in one other great shot lengthy pot to get the blue tucked into the underside proper nook. He will get the pink too and takes the body!

It’s all sq. on the mid-session interval.

Chance for Luca Brecel! Si escapes a possible snooker however leaves a tantilising shot on for Brecel. It’s an extended one into the underside proper and the Belgian takes it on.

The brown drops! Brecel goes 13 factors forward with 18 left on the desk.

Brecel misses his try on the blue although, that will have clinched the body.

There’s an unimaginable spherical of applause for Si Jiahui as he pots a skinny slice on the inexperienced so as to add three extra to the whole. He tries to get the brown protected and leaves it on the left cushion.

This body is much from over but.