Day one: Mark Selby 10-7 Ding Junhui
England's Selby led 6-0 at one stage
China's Ding took 66-minute 15th frame
2014 champion Selby won last two frames
Best-of-35 final resumes on Monday
Mark Selby 9-7 Ding Junhui
Steve Davis
Six-time world champion on BBC Two
Quote MessageIt's very draining on both players, if you can avoid that style of play it's in your interest these days as the World Championship is a marathon. Overnight you recover and the adrenaline gets you through it. I lost half a stone when I used to play, they are very difficult situations to get your body clock right.
Mark Selby 9-7 Ding Junhui
Think they may have gone to bed?
Mark Selby 9-7 Ding Junhui (86-25)
Not this time. Selby rattles through the balls to ensure he will be going to bed with an overnight lead.
We have one frame left, so Selby's lead will be either 10-7 or 9-8. Which one? We will find out shortly.
Mark Selby 8-7 Ding Junhui
Selby tried to fight back from 71 down in the last frame, and now it's Ding's turn to go for an incredible fightback.
He still needs at least one snooker and is 42 points behind with only one red left on the table. Anyone else fancy another hour-long frame? Anyone? Anyone?
Mark Selby 8-7 Ding Junhui
Mark Selby 8-7 Ding Junhui
If the last frame was a marathon, then this one looks like being more a middle-distance event. Selby rattles in a break of 61, but narrowly avoids going into a cluster of reds after potting a black. But there are still 75 points left so a bit more work to be done.
Image source, BBC SportMark Selby 8-7 Ding Junhui
It even has those knocked out of the tournament gripped...
Mark Selby 8-7 Ding Junhui
Michael Nairn: That type of frame is why snooker is pure sporting drama. Tactical battles, snookers, escapes. Joyous stuff.
King Pin Dazza: What an amazing frame, absolutely amazing!
Sam Harrison: That pink must have felt like winning the World Championship. If the crowd weren't behind Ding before, they are now.
Mark Selby 8-7 Ding Junhui
Some good news for you. There were meant to be 17 frames today. And there will still be 17 frames today. Two more to go.
Mark Selby 8-7 Ding Junhui
Twenty minutes without a ball being potted happens quite a lot in my matches. Not intentionally, mind.
Mark Selby 8-7 Ding Junhui
We went more than 20 minutes before a ball was potted during the last frame - the professionals are full of praise.
John Parrott: "To keep the balls on the table for that long, and for Mark Selby to have a chance of that frame is incredible."
Steve Davis: "Selby isn't boring, he's playing with what he's given. He'd be like Houdini to get out of that. It may be draining for people watching, but it's hard for the players as well. Mark knows if he had won that frame he'd have given Ding Junhui nightmares playing like that."
Stephen Hendry: "You have to take your hat off to Selby and Ding, they never left a ball on."
Image source, BBC SportMark Selby 8-7 Ding Junhui
Niall D: It's over. It's finally over!!!!!!!!!! #SCENES, external
Hollie: Thank goodness for that!
Mark Grenville: I think Ding did all that on purpose just to give Selby false hope and then take it away from him. Great psychological battle.
Mark Selby 8-7 Ding Junhui (52-82)
That was an incredible display of safety and escape play from both players. It finally, finally comes to an end with Ding rolling a pink into the corner.
What an insane frame. If Selby wanted to shake Ding Junhui out of his rhythm then he will have done just that. But nevertheless, Ding is now within one frame of his opponent. The frame lasted more than an hour. At one stage it took 22 minutes to pot one ball.
Frame time - one hour, six minutes.
Mark Selby 8-6 Ding Junhui
Paul Rennie: Mark Selby was clean shaven at the start of this frame.
Phil Elliott: Has the final ever gone on to the Tuesday? Like at Wimbledon when it really rains?
Image source, BBC SportMark Selby 8-6 Ding Junhui
Ding pots the blue, huge applause from the crowd. That's it. But no, wait a minute, Selby, needing two snookers and with only two balls left, battles on valiantly.
Image source, BBC SportMark Selby 8-6 Ding Junhui
Selby pots the green, and even the brown. You know, in the traditional fashion, but he still needs a snooker. Three balls remain. This will be sickening for Ding to lose this frame, if he indeed does, some time on Wednesday.
Image source, BBC SportMark Selby 8-6 Ding Junhui
Michael Collins:
Wife: Are you coming to bed?
Me: No, exciting frame of snooker
Wife: When was last pot?
Me: erm...
Mark Selby 8-6 Ding Junhui
There's been a lot of squinting going on as both players meticulously eye up the angles during this most tactical of tactical frames. They have been going for snookers / escaping from snookers on the green for 10, 20, 30, 40 minutes, I don't really know.
Image source, Getty ImagesMark Selby 8-6 Ding Junhui
This is the moment Ding Junhui joined the cast of Saturday Night Fever, sorry ordered a re-rack, yes, he definitely ordered a re-rack.
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Image source, Rex FeaturesMark Selby 8-6 Ding Junhui
F. Cannavaro:, external Mark Selby would be a nightmare to play against. Frame should be over 25mins ago.
Martin Tinnock:, external Some fantastic snookers but can somebody tell these boys I'm working at 6am!! #hurryalongnow
George Atutkwengo:, external Imagine a 35-frame world final between Mark Selby and Peter Ebdon.
I can imagine that George, it's just that I really don't want to.