Can Xiao take it to the night session?revealed at 11:25 BST
Xiao 3-9 Murphy
Michael Emons
BBC Sport on the Crucible
Xiao pulls a body again towards Murphy
After his tight 10-9 win over Fan Zhengyi, the one match to have gone to a deciding body to date, Shaun Murphy questioned if the expertise would have made him stronger or drained all his vitality.
We’re seeing the response now as he has received the primary three frames at this time to stretch his in a single day lead from 6-2 to 9-2, though Xiao has simply bought one on the board at this time.
The successful goal is 13, so Murphy might wrap up the match with a session to spare.
Xiao Guodong must get to 4 frames to take it to the ultimate session, which might be tonight from 19:00 BST.
If it finishes early, the divider would go up and the entire crowd in for the night session would have simply the Barry Hawkins v Mark Williams match to get pleasure from.
Image supply, BBC Sport
