Mark Selby will not care one bit that not everyone likes his style of play. After losing five of the last six frames, he needed this one to stamp his authority back on this match.

He leads by 63 and Ding needs one snooker. But the Chinese doesn't get it and from getting nervous at 7-5, Selby again has a healthy-looking three-frame advantage.

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Ian Moore: This match will continue until Wednesday if Selby carries on with this pace.

Geoff Mann: 5 frames to go. So we are here until 2am. Loving it.

We have had a few warnings for people having their phones on, and have just had an appeal for the fans to turn down the headsets they are wearing, so that they can listen to the commentary.

Shaun Murphy, a world champion in 2005, is not too impressed.

Frame update: Selby leads 30-1, with the cue ball at one end, and all of the reds at the other.

Selby will not believe how his grasp on this match has loosened after storming into a 6-0 lead. Ding has won five of the last six frames, but there is still a long way, and lots more twists to come.

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During the interval, we also saw a pre-recorded interview with world number one - and Leicester City supporter - Mark Selby on his, and his team's hopes of glory.

"I know I need to up my game," says Selby. "I tell myself I'm going to be positive but sometimes I go out there and I'm not.

"It's hard to believe this would be my first trophy this season, but it would be amazing to win my second world championship, I've given myself a chance and I'll be quite emotional if I do it again. 

"Leicester has seen something unbelievable as far as the football club goes - they were struggling and look now."

Steve Davis
Six-time world champion on BBC Two

"There was a tear in Ding's eye when he won his first frame earlier. I think he might be more emotional than he seems behind the machine-like way he plays, and it may have affected him over the years and taken him time to mature."

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We are back under way, in case you are wondering. Five more frames are scheduled for today.

Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

World Snooker's resident Chinese journalist Tai Chengzhe is feeling better after Ding Junhui's poor first session.

He says snooker gets around 5-7% of the TV audience when a Chinese player is in action during a major event but Saturday night broke the record with 27% as Ding made it to the final.

"Ding is a sporting hero reborn, he has been famous for a decade but this is taking him to the next level," says Tai. "He is among the top five sporting heroes in China of all time.

"Ding has now settled in the match but he wanted the first frame so much. Some bad luck meant it snowballed for him and he fell 6-0 behind. Now we have a competitive match.

"Snooker is popular in China and there is already an academy in Beijing, but if Ding wins, he will inspire another generation of Chinese players to take up the sport."

Marco Polo discovered China for the Europeans. Snooker helped discover Ding Junhui of China. Mix both together and the conclusion can only be... Ding Junhui with a polo mint!

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Bizarre, insane, and wonderfully brilliant.

The trophy is in the Crucible Theatre, waiting for the winner to take it home tomorrow. Will it be going on a long-haul flight to China?

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We've just seen a rare and fascinating pre-recorded interview with Ding Junhui, talking about how his father slept on the floor to help take him to and from events and the pressure he is under when he plays in his native China.

"When I play home games in China I feel a lot of pressure as I don't want to play badly when I'm there," says Ding. "My friends keep telling me about back in China and they are more excited than me.

"At the moment I just have to focus my own game. If I win it will give a lot of confidence to young players in China to show they can do it too. My family did a great job for me. When I was 13 years old we didn't live too well, but he (his father) has done everything for me."

Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

What a difference a miscue makes!

Ding Junhui was a beaten man until that unfortunate cueing from Mark Selby in the 10th frame, but he leapt out of his seat to make a counter-attacking 76 break.

A century followed by a superb 89 in the 12th leaves the man from China trailing by just two frames.

Barry Hearn said on Twitter he predicts over 300m people to be watching this final in China and now they have something to cheer about.

The Crucible crowd roared Ding on in the last three frames and now it's well and truly game on.

John Parrott
1991 world champion on BBC Two

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Steve Davis
Six-time world champion on BBC Two

Remember, Mark Selby led 6-0 and missed a glorious chance to make it 7-0. Since then, Ding has taken five of the last six frames at the end of the last session and in tonight's play.

Anyone still awake in China will be thinking the decision to throw in an all-nighter wasn't such a bad idea after all.

Well, we'll put that down to a frame for the purists. Ding triumphs. He was 44-4 down at one point and after an almost never ending safety battle, a break of 89, after an effort of 103 in the previous frame, seals the frame.

Get comfortable, we have a game on.

Moke:, external You know when you're a snooker purist when you find all this play intriguing not boring.

Andy Sadler:, external Living every shot. Looking like a classic.

jamie buckingham:, external Wish I hadn't got into this final. Is Selby always this painful? Like watching Cliff Thorburn paint a wall.

Once you're in Jamie, there's no escape.

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It's OK, Byron, we'll do it for you. You're welcome.

Right, how do we describe this recent action. A lot of walking around the table. Very few potting chances. Very tight, very tense. Some great safety play. You would think there was a lot riding on this match.

The clock ticks past the 30-minute mark for this frame. And it is not going to be cleared up any time soon.