Stephen Hendry
Seven-time world champion on BBC Four

Losing the first two frames tonight has put Kyren Wilson bang under it.

Kyren won't have experienced anything like this before, as defending champion, this is different.

Over on the other side of the auditorium Hossein Vafaei draws level in a frame that both players had opportunities to win.

Lei Peifan breaks down on 53 but gets a reprieve when Kyren Wilson inadvertently knocks in a red after potting the blue.

A dream start this evening for the 21-year-old.

Lei Peifan can't get the job done at one visit but a half century helps him snaffle the first frame on Saturday evening.

He is right back in this match.

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Barry Hawkins has consistently reached the business end of events this term.

And shows his class in the opening frame with a break of 91.

The Englishman is one of the nicest guys on the professional circuit and would be a popular world champion.

He won that frame before a ball was potted on the other side of the partition.

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Reigning champion Kyren Wilson holds a 6-3 lead over Lei Peifan going into the concluding session of his first-round match at the Crucible.

The world number two twice missed blacks off the spot in the second frame as Crucible debutant Lei, 21, went 2-0 in front during this morning's opening session.

The 33-year-old Englishman recovered to win the next six frames in a row, making a 136 break in the eighth to add to three earlier half-centuries.

But Chinese qualifier Lei pinched the final frame of the session, after Wilson missed a pink trying to get position on a tricky last red, to give himself hope of a comeback.

Their best-of-19-frames contest will be played to a finish tonight.

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Barry Hawkins gets his Crucible campaign under way in Saturday's evening session - he takes on Iran's Hossein Vafaei.

Hawkins, 45, reached at least the semi-final stage of the World Championship in five out of six years between 2013 and 2018, losing to Ronnie O'Sullivan in the 2013 final.

He narrowly lost this season's UK Championship final to world number one Judd Trump and is still waiting for a maiden Triple Crown event victory.

Could this year be his year?

10:00 BST

• Kyren Wilson 6-3 Lei Peifan
• Xiao Guodong 7-2 Matthew Selt

14:30 BST

• Neil Robertson 2-7 Chris Wakelin
• Mark Williams 5-4 Wu Yize

19:00 BST

• Kyren Wilson 6-3 Lei Peifan*
• Barry Hawkins v Hossein Vafaei

*match to be played to a finish

Right here we go again.

The crowds are filtering back into the Crucible and the players are ready to come out behind the scenes.

We are all set for a fantastic Saturday night of snooker.

That's it for the afternoon session - but there isn't long before the evening session gets going!

Chris Wakelin produces wonderful pots on the blue and pink before sinking the black to secure a 7-2 overnight lead against Neil Robertson.

That final frame of the session lasted about 55 minutes.

Neil Robertson knocks in yellow, green and brown to move 12 points ahead with 18 remaining.

Now it's a safety battle on the blue.

Chris Wakelin plays a tremendous snooker on the yellow to put Neil Robertson in even more trouble in this ninth frame, which is now 40 minutes long and counting.

Robertson hits it and gets it safe.

In the context of this first-round match, the outcome of this frame could be absolutely pivotal.

Neil Robertson has a lead of 10 points when faced with the last red - but it stays up!

Luckily for Robertson - and he hasn't had much good luck today, it must be said - the red runs safe.

Chris Wakelin moves 45 points in front but misses a red to the corner. A big moment?

Having trailed 6-1, Neil Robertson will be mightily happy to come out of this session 6-3 behind.

He has work to do, though...

Chris Wakelin puts Neil Robertson in all sorts of trouble at the start of frame nine, tight in behind the green and brown.

Twelve penalty points later, Robertson hits a red and there's no easy starter for Wakelin.

Mark Williams takes an overnight lead. The Welshman will be absolutely delighted with that because Wu Yize has really put it to him.

This match will be played to a conclusion on Sunday from 14:30 BST.

That's a gutsy break of 100 that stops the rot for Neil Robertson and gets the Australian back within four frames of Chris Wakelin.

It wasn't quite the last chance saloon, but not far off.

One more frame to play in this session.

Mark Williams is back on terms.

The three-time world champion rolls in a wonderful long red and goes on to make a break of 78.

He had conceded 466 points without reply and spent most of the previous four frames sat in his chair. A great response.