World Snooker Championship: Mark Selby sets up tasty John Higgins clash in quarter-finals after sinking Gary Wilson
Mark Selby completed a hard-fought 13-7 victory over Gary Wilson in the second round of the World Snooker Championship to book his place in the quarter-finals at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
The 39-year-old, who is seeking a fifth world title this fortnight, held a strong 10-6 lead ahead of Monday’s evening session but still needed to ensure that Wilson could not find his groove and repel his opponent in the dogged fashion he is known for.
Selby could not have kicked off the night in a more impressive fashion as he breezed through a comprehensive break of 109 to immediately put Wilson under the cosh with a five-frame lead as he immediately established the momentum.
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The duo then traded frames as the Crucible crowd implored Wilson to force a prolonged contest in the evening session, despite Selby making every stint at the table as uncomfortable as possible for his opponent.
What proved to be the final frame of the evening proved to be a very scrappy affair with fouls traded in lengthy safety exchanges, but Selby managed to find a way through in the end to clinch the victory and secure his place in the quarter-finals.
Selby will next take on John Higgins, who also has four world titles to his name, in what will be an eagerly-anticipated encounter at the Crucible.
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The decorated pair will have to lock horns in the afternoon session on Tuesday, and then the afternoon and evening sessions on Wednesday in what will be a demanding itinerary.
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In the match on the other table, Jack Lisowski made a lightning-fast start to the evening as he roared through the opening three frames to take a hefty chunk out of the deficit and leave Anthony McGill with a thousand-yard-stare sat in his chair.
McGill, who took a commanding 11-5 lead into the session, could not have found the going tougher early on as he sat seemingly bolted to his seat.
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