Bingham holds nerve to set up final against Murphy

LONDON (Reuters) - Stuart Bingham beat fellow Englishman Judd Trump 17-16 in an epic world snooker championship semi-final on Saturday and will play Shaun Murphy in the best-of-35 frames final.

(Reuters)

Bingham, world number 10, reached the final for the first time by winning the last frame against Trump who had fought back from 13-9 down to force a decider.

Murphy, the world number eight and 2005 world champion, beat Barry Hawkins 17-9 to reach his third final at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

(Reporting by Ed Osmond, editing by Alan Baldwin)