Snooker: Qualifier Mark Selby was back to his best as he drew level with 2005 champion Shaun Murphy in the World Championship semi-final in Sheffield.
Selby looked to be suffering with nerves in the opening session and looked jaded after the midnight finale to his quarter-final with Ali Carter.
But the youngest player (23) left in the tournament was far more composed and confident when play resumed.
He won three of the four frames before the mid-session interval to bring the match back to 6-6 in the best of 33 showdown.
A run of 49 helped Selby halve his overnight deficit and then a 63 break in the next - his highest score of the match to date - brought him level after reeling off four frames in a row.
Murphy had a large slice of good fortune in frame 11 as he restored his advantage.
He missed a red into the right black pocket only for the ball to cannon into the opposite pocket and he took advantage with a 55 to move 6-5 ahead.
But Selby was unfazed and a half-century proved decisive although it took him nearly 35 minutes to close out the frame.
In the other semi-final John Higgins and Stephen Maguire will go into the third session this evening deadlocked at 8-8.
The Scottish duo resumed at 4-4 and again shared the next eight frames with every prospect of a close finish being in prospect tomorrow afternoon.
Maguire is aiming to become the fifth Scot to win snooker's most coveted prize after Walter Donaldson, Stephen Hendry, Higgins and Graeme Dott.
The initial session had been high on quality with two centuries and four other 50-plus breaks - but it was a more nervy affair with several unforced errors when the duo returned to the table.
Higgins had runs of 90 and 52 - the latter in frame 13 briefly putting him ahead for the first time at 7-6 - while Maguire replied with breaks of 63 and 62.
Higgins will regain the number one spot for the first time in seven years if he goes farther in the tournament than Murphy - the only player who can overhaul him.