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The seven-time champion's bid to win the world title at the age of 40 looked to be gathering momentum, but he threw away a commanding lead in the final frame of the session to allow Ding to draw level at 8-8.

Perthshire potter Hendry came to the Crucible this year as a 50-1 outsider, having won his last world title in 1999. But he looked in decent form as he made breaks of 65, 51, 61 and 114, while Ding compiled runs of 53, 130 and 87. But it was the 35 from Chinese cueman Ding fought back from 60-18 down to wrap up the 16th frame.

Needing two snookers, Ding would have been delighted to see Hendry hit the pink and also go in-off, making the frame winnable again, and his break from the final red was the difference between trailing 9-7 and resuming on level terms this evening.

Ding left himself with work to do on the black, but he clipped the ball in via both jaws to thrill his army of supporters. This was the first of the two sessions the pair will play today, with the match concluding this evening and threatening to go all the way to 25 frames.

Ryan Day made the perfect start to his second-round clash against veteran Nigel Bond and opened up a 6-2 lead.

The Welshman fired in a top break of 79 and added five more runs in excess of 40 to take control and put himself on target for a quarter-final against Ronnie O'Sullivan or Mark Allen.