article_snippet.sent: meant it was 8-5 at the interval.
article_snippet.sent: The Leicester cueman then levelled things up at the mid-session interval with a 65 and an 87 at the third time of asking saw The Leicester cueman edge ahead.
article_snippet.sent: Anthony McGill was not daunted, though, and breaks of 74 and 73 in the next two saw
article_snippet.sent: The Leicester cueman take a 4-3 lead before defending champion Mark Selby drew level again to end the session at 4-4.
article_snippet.sent: Ding Junhui has a chance of progressing past John Higgins after Ding Junhui break of 94 sealed frame eight to leave the Chinese 5-3 down going into Friday's session.
article_snippet.sent: John Higgins had picked up back-to-back frames at the start without much fuss, including 81 on the first, though Ding Junhui's class showed in a 135 break in the third.
article_snippet.sent: Four-time World Championship winner John Higgins then threatened to walk away with the match by winning three frames on the bounce, starting with 116-6 in the fourth and going on to lead 5-1.
article_snippet.sent: However, Ding Junhui fought back in the closing stages to narrow the deficit, though Ding Junhui did miss out on a second century break of the match after failing to pot the black, on what was to prove the last shot of the day.