Wu Yize becomes second-youngest snooker world champion after 10-hour match

China’s Wu Yize became the second-youngest winner of snooker’s World Championship at the Crucible by beating Shaun Murphy 18-17 in a classic final in Sheffield.The 22-year-old somehow maintained his composure with a high-pressure break of 85 in the 35th and final frame to edge out Murphy, a player 21 years his senior, on Monday night. It was just the fourth-ever final-frame decider at the Crucible and the first since 2002.Advertisement