Oh my word...Chris Wakelin misses a black to the right corner. The Englishman lets out a show of frustration.

Neil Robertson is far from perfect mind and ends up chipping the blue over to the left cushion.

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Chris Wakelin has to look at this as a chance that he did not expect to have.

Neil Robertson misses a tough green but gets a touch of fortune as it knocks in what would have been an easy red.

Chris Wakelin will have difficult starter with the rest and he drops it in. He's not out of the woods yet though...

Superb stuff from Chris Wakelin. He has lost a five-frame lead this evening, struggled for rhythm and looked like he was crumbling under the pressure that comes with playing at the Crucible.

But he responds with a stylish break of 90 to edge back in front. Very timely for the 33-year-old Englishman.

Over on table two Hossein Vafaei gets a couple of bites of the cherry to secure the 15th frame.

Vafaei has never gone further than the second round at the Crucible.

Pure drama. Neil Robertson leaves Chris Wakelin needing a snooker but when the Australian goes in off it's very much game on.

However, things just aren't going the Englishman's way and when he tries to lay another snooker, Robertson swerves round the black and pots the red into the top right corner.

Comeback complete.

A wry smile from Hossein Vafaei as his shot choices come back to haunt him in the first frame after the interval.

Pretty solid stuff from Barry Hawkins, whose match-play is just helping him take this match away from his opponent at present.

Chris Wakelin gets an opportunity at the table but his breaks ends on 22 and Neil Robertson is left with an easy red to the corner but can only make eight himself.

This frame feels absolutely crucial.

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Chris Wakelin is struggling big time at the moment.

He just can't get anything going and misses a pink to the right corner. Was he trying to pinch a bit of the pocket?

It matters not, Neil Robertson takes a fourth frame on the spin as the players head to the mid-session interval.

Chris Wakelin has never won a match at the Crucible Theatre and if he carries on in the same vein he might not win this one.

The Englishman lost in the first round in 2018, 2021 and 2022 and is currently looking like a man under intense pressure as Neil Robertson mounts a recovery.

The Australian takes his third consecutive frame this evening with a break of 69.

Barry Hawkins has been sat in his chair twiddling his thumbs for over half an hour when he gets a look at a difficult red to the left middle.

He drops it in and off he goes, making a telling contribution of 48 before putting Hossein Vafaei in trouble and getting a second go amongst the balls.

This time he gets the job done with a run of 87, his highest break since the opening frame of the match.

Hossein Vafaei is back on terms.

The 30-year-old from Iran goes through his full repertoire of attacking shots as he registers back-to-back century breaks.

Barry Hawkins has not quite got going yet and not potted a ball for over 30 minutes.

Chris Wakelin's five-frame advantage is reduced to three.

The Englishman was put in a cracking snooker by Neil Robertson and just couldn't get the final red safe when he hit it.

Brilliant from Hossein Vafaei, he could not afford to go three frames behind and doesn't winning the 11th frame with a superb 104 break.

Meanwhile, over on table two Barry Hawkins looks to be in good touch as a contribution of 48 helps him open up a two-frame lead on Hossein Vafaei.

Neil Robertson constructs the 981st century break of his career.

What a way to start Sunday evening's session. The former champion is laying down an early marker but will still have plenty to do.

This is a great start from Neil Robertson.

He is at the table, his average shot time is around 18 seconds and he is knocking in ball after ball.

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It's almost time for us to get going again, with two cracking first-round matches being played to their conclusion.

Lots of love for Neil Robertson as he enters the auditorium.

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Having failed to qualify for last year's World Championship, 2010 winner Neil Robertson is on the brink of an early exit from this year's event.

Nothing quite seemed to go right for the Australian in the first nine frames of his match against Chris Wakelin, who really impressed to take a 7-2 lead into the concluding session.

Robertson knocked in a century break in frame eight, but Wakelin took a potentially pivotal ninth frame - which lasted close to 55 minutes - to put himself in prime position to reach the second round.