Shaun Murphy fighting to join elite snooker club in World Championship final

Shaun Murphy is scrapping to claim a second world title (Picture: Getty Images)

Shaun Murphy is fighting to join an elite club of multiple world snooker champions, but is up against it with Wu Yize bidding for his first title.

The 22-year-old Chinese sensation is 10-7 ahead after two sessions, looking inspired in his first Crucible showpiece.

In fact, Wu had never won a match at the Crucible before this year but is now just eight frames from being champion of the world.

Murphy knows what it is like to conquer the snooker world, but it is an increasingly distant memory, having done so in 2005.

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