Former winners Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy will meet in the final of this year’s snooker World Championship after coming through tough semi-finals on Saturday.

Selby saw off Stuart Bingham 17-15 in a match that was paused with Selby leading 16-15 to allow Murphy and Kyren Wilson to complete their match at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre.

Selby broke the deadlock when his match resumed when a plant set up a break of 41 only to lose position.

And a lucky red allowed qualifier Bingham to lay a snooker which set him up for a break of 59.

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