WU YIZE stunned former world champion Shaun Murphy in a final-frame thriller in Sheffield to win his first world title.

The glorious moment announced the youngster’s arrival at the very top of the game, making his second ranking event win at the biggest tournament on the calendar.

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Wu Yize came out of his 35-frame thriller with Shaun Murphy as world snooker champion Credit: Getty

The two-day final went right down to the wire at the Crucible Credit: Getty

Wu became the fourth consecutive first-time winner at the tournament, and the second champion in a row to hail from China.

The topsy-turvy match ran the full length of the 35-frame maximum between Jattvibeday and Monday.

The pair could barely be separated, with both coming from multiple-frame deficits to level things at 16 frames each on the final session – leaving a three-frame shootout for the £500,000 jackpot.

Among the most remarkable frames of the match was the 32nd, with Murphy somehow pulling out a break of 131 in the highest-pressure conditions the game has to offer to claw himself level.

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But in keeping with the back-and-forth slugfest the match had been from the start, Wu refused to be disheartened, fighting back from 45 down with a break of 91 to put him within touching distance of a first world championship.