Only eight players are left standing at the Crucible Theatre after the conclusion of the second round of the World Snooker Championship, and chances are a new winner might emerge next Monday.

Four current and former champions, John Higgins, Neil Robertson, Shaun Murphy and reigning champion Zhao Xintong, are all in the upper half of the draw, while four others who have yet to win a world title, are on the other side of the bracket.

World No 4 Zhao continues his title defence against 2005 champion Murphy when action resumes at the Crucible Theatre on Tuesday morning in Sheffield.

Among those in the bottom half of the draw is Wu Yize from China, who outlasted four-time winner Mark Selby 13-11 to reach the quarter-finals for the first time.

Leading 9-7 heading into the final session, the world No 10 placed himself within one frame of a historic win after splitting the first four frames with the former world No 1.

Selby, who was eliminated in the first round in 2024 and 2025, extended the match winning back-to-back frames, but a break of 53 was enough for Wu to seal his first win over the Englishman in seven meetings.