Mark Allen needs just one more frame from this morning’s session at the Crucible to earn a World Championship quarter-final spot.
He leads 2015 champion Stuart Bingham by 12-frames to 4.
This afternoon will see Ronnie O’Sullivan resume 6-2 up on Hossein Vafaei.
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Luca Brecel was the first man through to the World Championship quarter-finals.
He completed a 13-frames to 11 win over three-time champion Mark Williams.