Michael Emons
BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

A very, very busy day coming up tomorrow.

This is the schedule (all last-16 matches, best of 25 frames)

Morning session

• Shaun Murphy (Eng, 8) 6-10 Stephen Maguire (Sco)
• Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng, 2) v Ryan Day (Wal)

Afternoon session

• Mark Allen (NI, 4) 4-4 John Higgins (Sco, 13)
• Stuart Bingham (Eng) 5-3 Jack Lisowski (Eng)

Evening session

• Kyren Wilson (Eng, 12) 6-2 Joe O'Connor (Eng)
• Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng, 2) v Ryan Day (Wal)

Thanks for joining us and see you tomorrow for what promises to be a brilliant day of snooker.

Michael Emons
BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

Joe O'Connor beat four-time champion Mark Selby in round one but finds himself 6-2 behind against 12th seed Kyren Wilson, who impressed with breaks of 50, 105, 71 and 78 with the match continuing on Sunday evening.

Michael Emons
BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

Stuart Bingham, the 2015 champion, is ahead at the end of an entertaining first session in the match up between two unseeded players.

Jack Lisowski, 17th in the world, won the opening two frames of the night with breaks of 82 and 88, before Bingham, the world number 29, took five on the bounce, making breaks of 90 and 89 in the third and sixth frames respectively.

But Lisowski ended the session well with a break of 51 to take the eighth frame. That one resumes on Sunday afternoon and ends on Monday night.

Michael Emons
BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

Kyren Wilson has made a good start to his last-16 match against Joe O'Connor, winning three of the opening four frames of the first mini session.

The first one was a close one, with Wilson taking it 67-60, before O'Connor made it 1-1, helped by a break of 50, but Wilson then made the first century of the match with a 105 and he won the next one too for an early lead.

Michael Emons
BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

A superb standard at the start of the last-16 match between Jack Lisowski and Stuart Bingham.

Lisowski, 17th in the world and who only just missed out on automatically qualifying for the Crucible, made a flying start with breaks of 82 and 88 to take the opening two frames before Bingham took the next two, with a break of 90 in the third.

Two-two at the mid-session interval.

Michael Emons
BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

Jak Jones, 44th in the world, has just been speaking to the media and will play Judd Trump in the quarter-finals. Jones said: "I feel relieved. It was an absolutely shocking match. Today was a little bit better but I don't know how I won. I don't think either of us were clinical, someone just had to win.

"I won four black-ball games in the first session to be 6-2 up and even when the wall [screen] went up I didn't feel comfortable. You always want to play well if I'm winning when I'm not playing well there's a positive in that.

"Judd and Ronnie are two of the best players in the world so it does not get any tougher than that. Everyone is expecting a Ronnie-Judd semi-final so I've got nothing to lose and I will just try my best and see what happens.

"My goal is to get in the top 16 but it's very difficult. You're ranked where you should be. My consistency is not there."

Michael Emons
BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

Jak Jones is into the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championship for a second successive season.

He had to battle hard to finally get over the line against Si Jiahui. He just about did it in time as if Si had won that frame then they would have come back later on the first available table after the evening session matches had finished.

The Welshman will know he will need to play better against world number two Judd Trump in the quarter-finals, but at least he's in with a chance.

Si, a semi-finalist in 2023, falls at the last 16 in 2024.

Michael Emons
BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

There's nothing to separate Mark Allen and John Higgins, with it tied at 4-4 after their first session.

Allen, won the first, Higgins took the next 2-1, Allen won two in a row to move 3-2 in front, only for Higgins to make it 3-3 and the pair to share the final two.

This match will be played over three days with the next eight frames on Sunday afternoon before the final eight on Monday evening. Who knows? It may go all the way,

Michael Emons
BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

Jak Jones is inching closer to a return to the quarter-finals.

After an extremely hard-fought win session, Jones, who was 6-2 in front in Friday's first session, holds an 11-9 lead over last year's semi-finalist Si Junhui.

There has not been a single break over 50 today with the four frames taking two hours 15 minutes before the mid-session interval. The first frame took almost an hour on its own.

The pair may be in a race to avoid this one going to extra time. Unless it's 12-12 a frame won't start after 18:15 BST, with the Crucible's evening session - featuring Jack Lisowski versus Stuart Bingham - taking over on table two.

If the Jones-Si match is not completed, they will then have to come back later tonight and play on whatever the first table that becomes free after the evening session matches have finished their eight frames apiece.

Michael Emons
BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

The match between John Higgins and Mark Allen was expected to be a good one and so it has proved on table one.

Allen made a break of 119 in the opening frame, only for four-time world champion Higgins to respond by taking the next two, with a break of 72 in the third.

But Allen took the fourth to leave it at 2-2 and that's going to be a really hard-fought match.

Michael Emons
BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

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As well as the Crucible trophy and prestige (as well as a cool half a million), the world number one spot is also up for grabs.

Ronnie O'Sullivan currently holds that position, but he will be losing the points he gained for winning this tournament two years ago so could be replaced at the top.

Mark Allen, currently number four, is the man in pole position and will be the new number one if he reaches the final and is not playing Judd Trump. However, O'Sullivan can stay number one if he wins an eighth world title and Allen does not get to the final.

Trump, currently second, also has a chance to top the world rankings but needs to reach the final to have any hope, while Shaun Murphy has an outside chance but would need to win the competition for a second time and the others mentioned to go out soon.

Allen said: "I want to be world champion and I want to be world number one. But I can't think of that when I'm out there."

Michael Emons
BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

Over on table two, it has been slow, slow progress. After 55 minutes of the session, we're still in the first frame, with Jak Jones leading 52-28, with the last five colours still on the table.

Michael Emons
BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

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So Judd Trump has said he would never leave the World Snooker Tour, but earlier this week, Ronnie O'Sullivan said he was open to any proposition and urged players to do what was best for them.

"There's talk there might be another tour," said the 48-year-old seven-time world champion. "Every player has the right to do what they want. If I didn't get what I want, am I prepared to walk away from the sport? The answer is yes.

"I want to be looked after, want to be pampered. Anyone who wants to pamper me and look after me, I'm your man. I'm an open book. I'm here - best offer, come speak to me, you'll find my contact details on Instagram. First come, first served, that will be my policy until I stop playing."

O'Sullivan used the example of a friend who he said works for the NHS but has been offered "three or four times her salary to go and work in Australia".

"We all have families to feed," added O'Sullivan. "She's just going for the better pay, that's what happens sometimes. We live in a competitive world, so it's great."

Michael Emons
BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

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More on the story that Judd Trump has revealed he rejected an approach to join a potential breakaway snooker tour.

Asked if the opportunity had come from China, Trump said: "I don't know, I didn't even get that far. I'm not interested one bit. I'm in my prime. If I was older and at the end of my career maybe it would be different, but I don't want to waste my prime on exhibition matches.

"I would be a lot happier winning my money than being gifted it. Where I am in my career, how I'm playing and the success I've been having, I feel I can earn this money and really have a sense of achievement. That's something my mum and dad would want as well. My mum and dad would be more proud if I did it that way."

The Saudi Arabia-backed LIV tour in golf has effectively split that sport in two, but Trump felt the same thing could not happen in snooker as not enough key players would be interested in leaving the WST.

"I don't think there's any real worry," added Trump, who sealed a 13-7 win against Tom Ford on Saturday to move into the quarter-finals of the World Championship.

"I don't think there's enough players or names that could do damage. Ronnie is the only one if he left. I don't think people are that bothered by anyone else. What I've established in the game alongside Ronnie, if I'm staying here the tour will be a strong place."

Michael Emons
BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

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Former world champion Judd Trump has revealed he rejected an approach to join a potential breakaway snooker tour, saying he was "not interested one bit".

There has been speculation the sport's biggest names could be tempted to leave the existing World Snooker Tour (WST) and play in lucrative events elsewhere.

But world number two Trump, the 2019 Crucible winner, said he instantly refused and there was no chance he would quit the WST.

"A few people tried to contact me and I couldn't be bothered," said the 34-year-old. "It was a few months ago. These people came to my brother and he said, 'Do you want to listen?' and I was like, 'No, just [tell them to] go away'.

"I'm very happy where I am. I need something with history, heritage; I need something to play for. I wouldn't get out of bed for an exhibition kind of series. I want the biggest challenges. I look forward to playing in more different places and hopefully World Snooker can take us to new territories."

Stayed tuned folks, we'll be live again at 2.30pm to follow all of the action!

And Jak Jones resumes with a 9-7 lead over China's Is Jiahui as their second round match is played to a finish.

Plenty more snooker to come this afternoon as four-time world champion John Higgins and Mark Allen lock horns.

BBC Sport

Second round (best of 25) All times BST (seedings in brackets, * = to a finish)

14:30

(13) John Higgins v (4) Mark Allen

Jak Jones v Si Jiahui *

19:00

Joe O'Connor v (12) Kyren Wilson

Jack Lisowski v Stuart Bingham

Live coverage

10:00-23:00 - uninterrupted coverage on BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport mobile app

10:00-12:00 - BBC Two

13:15-16:00 - BBC One (starts 14:30 in Scotland)

19:00-20:00 - BBC Two (unavailable in Wales)

20:00-22:00 - BBC Four

Highlights

23:15-00:05 - BBC Two

00:05-02:05 - World Championship Extra - BBC Two

Judd Trump was not at his flowing best this morning, but he finished the job with a comfortable 13-7 victory over Tom Ford, while Stephen Maguire opened up a healthy 10-6 lead over arch-rival Shaun Murphy.