"A \ud835\ude33\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude3a \ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude24\ud835\ude26 way to end." Lovely stuff and a brilliant match as the players head into the interval. He smashed an aggressive and unorthodox break-off shot to break the pack up and leave a number of easy shots on for his opponent. Mark Allen is just one frame away from going through to the semi-finals and is currently leading Jak Jones 12-10. Selby got the better of a prolonged bout of safety play to edge himself to within a frame and they were level after the next when he put together a break of 97, his highest of the match. And we can expect more of the same on Sunday and Monday, certainly in terms of approach. His 30th World Championship campaign began at the weekend. In three tight frame, it is the Scotsman who has won every one to leave Mark Selby frustrated. All four quarter-finals will get underway tomorrow, starting with Ronnie O'Sullivan in the morning session. MORE : Luca Brecel admits he only has one way to beat Mark Selby in World Championship final, MORE : Mark Allen gives Luca Brecel every chance against Mark Selby in Crucible final. The World Snooker Championships will be stopped on Sunday due to an emergency government alert. But even the great OSullivan has fallen into Selbys trap here in the past. However, in sporting terms, you could never accuse these two of being trash. Over three decades OSullivan has dazzled, entranced, frustrated, annoyed, delighted, disappointed, astounded and ultimately fascinated snooker fans. They briefly split in 2022, but soon reconciled months later. It is a monumental task ahead of the Belgian Bullet, but having reeled off seven frames on the spin to beat OSullivan, and 11 on the bounce on his way to downing Si, he will believe that anything is possible. Its all too easy to accept received wisdom about their respective personalities: Selby the slightly dull introvert; OSullivan brash and full of himself. Though Selby is bigger, Ronnie definitely looks a tougher man. The media are still like bees round a honeypot with him, eager for quotes and reaction. And with that, Tuesday's action comes to an end. Last year's Crucible runner-up needs a huge afternoon to overturn his deficit against the Scot. Selby responded to this setback by winning his fourth world crown last year. O'Sullivan made his 60th Masters century in the match. Mark Selby, winner of four of the last eight Crucible titles, passed his first-round test against Jamie Jones on Saturday. O'Sullivan is therefore served a chance to get back to the table. Snooker results LIVE: World Championship score updates, Just Stop Oil protestors explain crashing World Snooker Championship, Snooker stars scared of being stabbed like Monica Seles after protest, World Championship security ramped up as Higgins fears worse protests, Ronnie O'Sullivan's has net worth more than Robertson and Williams, Inside O'Sullivan's 'incredible story' as new doc shows Crucible win. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy. WebRonnie O'Sullivan 6 (11) 1 Mark Williams Played on 2021-02-20 Referee Paul Collier Frame scores 36-79 (73); 115 (102)-1; 77 (77)-0; 75 (54)-27; 61-27; 65-40; 70 (69)-30 Match The next day, I had to drive back up again so its a totally different preparation, and its working.. But there's still plenty of time in that clash Shaun Murphy's clash with Si Jiahui is the only first-round tie left now with the match finely poised at 4-5 in favour of the Chinese player. This afternoon's matches are done and dusted, and Ronnie O'Sullivan is into the next round after thrashing Hossein Vafaei 13-2. But it's missed! Here's how we're looking for the quarter-finals so far Anthony McGill/Jack Lisowski vs Robert Milkins/Si Jiahui. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. For more stories like this,check our sport page. Find out what time Luca Brecel vs Mark Selby starts, how to watch the game on TV, the prize money on offer and their head-to-head record. After a good sleep, he returned to the Crucible and took control, getting under OSullivans skin with some hard match-play to claw his way into the lead. \ud83d\udea8 Kyren Wilson makes a 147 at the World Championship \ud83d\udea8That's just the 13th maximum break in Crucible history!Tremendous work from the Warrior \ud83d\udc4f@WeAreWST | @KyrenWilson pic.twitter.com/SCSu9Qj6nx. But now it's time for Ronnie O'Sullivan's return against Hossein Vafaei. Throughout his career, Hendry played life with a straight bat. Even someone as strong as John Higgins collapsed under it in the 2017 final, so do not underestimate what is coming Brecel's way. 107.155.95.34 Referee: Olivier MarteelSelby won his second UK Championship title and completed a second Triple Crown. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. This was Selby's 19th ranking title. He no longer makes tournaments entirely about the snooker, although he remains fiercely competitive in the arena. Crucible seeing records broken. As defending champion, Ronnie OSullivan is guaranteed to be the top seed and will play at 10:00 and 19:00 on the opening day of the tournament on April 15. Mark Selby turned the tables on a frustrated Ronnie OSullivan as he fought back to take a 9-7 lead in the world championship semi-finals at the Crucible in Embracing reality TV is something the pair have both done. It happened again in the classic semi-final in 2020 Ive already referenced, at one stage trailing 16-14 and seemingly running out of answers. OSullivan, himself a rare straight-talker in the increasingly sanitised world of professional sport. Three frames in, it's 3-0 to Higgings. His long game is better right now and confidence will not hold him back. The Scotsman was on top of his game and was ruthless at the table as Wilson was made to rue bad luck and missed opportunities. Beauty and the Beast. Anthony McGill has taken the early ascendency against Jack Lisowski and leads 3-1 after the first four frames. Gary Wilson has won the opening frame to close in on Mark Selby with the latter now holding just a slim 5-4 lead. McGill still won the frame comfortably but a missed black in the next allowed Wilson to make a decisive 99 break, with only a failed yellow denying him his third century of the match. Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. There's a long way to go but you feel like this is already slipping away from Wilson. Jack Lisowski has got a frame back and is now trailing Anthony McGill 1-7. There are few better than Selby at absorbing pressure and limiting the damage when the going is tough, but should Brecel go missing, hell pounce like the predator he is. I just wanted to win the frame to get back into the match. Watch the clearance WebWorld Championship qarter-finals resume at the Crucible Theatre. He prevailed 17-15 against Mark Allen and will go up against Ronnie O'Sullivan's conqueror Brecel. O'Sullivan makes a 29 break before shuffling his pack and playing a safety, leaving the white ball up the table. THEY are the two greatest snooker players of all-time. All rights reserved. OSullivan had been going for a third title in succession and sixth in total. Selby had to rely on charity to play snooker growing up. Selby can hope for a draw at best, because in dire straits Ronnie can just run away from him. It's something he enjoyed so much, back in 2017 he considered dropping out of the World Championships to film a new series. Latest score: John Higgins 4-4 (25) Mark The champion will walk away with 500,000 while the runner-up gets 200,000. The winner of this year's tournament will walk away with a cool 500,000 in prize money as well as the prestige of claiming the sport's biggest honour. OSullivans fluency had deserted him and having been among the balls twice only to miss blue and then black, he saw Selby clinch a fourth successive frame to take a 6-5 lead after sinking a fine long red. Matthew Selt claimed the final frame of the day to keep himself in with a chance of mounting a comeback against Mark Selby tomorrow, with today's session ending 6-3 in the latter's favour. As that chapter of his life ended, Hendry handed Amanda their 1.2million sprawling estate in Auchterarder, Perthshire, as part of their divorce settlement. Selbys on the move again! To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. Four more sessions of his best game and he can be world champion thats what those around him will surely be telling him. (Picture: REX) Ronnie OSullivan not only has the monstrous task of beating Mark Selby in the final session of their World Hellraiser Ronnie embraced fame, making celeb pals along the way including Liam Gallagher, Rolling Stones rocker Ronnie Wood and artist Damien Hirst. A break of 61 following a missed blue by OSullivan proved sufficient for Selby to restore his two-frame advantage but, after he had left a difficult red in the middle in the 15th, OSullivan compiled a run of 82 without reply to peg him back once again. A nerveless, match-winning break in the deciding frame against Ricky Walden set the ball rolling, and having watched Mark Williams reel him in the second round, Brecel responded with two more brilliant, attacking breaks to win 13-11. In boxing, they say that styles make fights, and Brecel against Selby promises such a difference in styles and approach that it could make for a special match. Here. He has won his last 11 ranking finals, tying Stephen Hendry's record. Until 2020, OSullivan had never even been back in the one-table set up but he made it through to the semi-finals in the strange behind closed doors summer championship to face Selby once again. In return, Brecel plays a poor safety leaving O'Sullivan with options and a commanding hold on the tie. But he did what he does: doggedly hanging on to win the last two frames of the night. TRANSFER CONFIDENTIAL COLUMN: Chelsea eye Liverpool target Youssouf Fofana - and a clear-out - as Man United Jack Nowell hails 'UNBELIEVABLE' La Rochelle ahead of his expected move to the French giants this summer - Max Verstappen's anti-sprint race WARPATH continues in a heated clash with George Russell, Saturday's Do not sell or share my personal information. World Snooker Championship continued at the Crucible on Saturday; Overnight score: Mark Selby 5-3 (25) Gary Wilson Classy Luca Brecel just TWO frames from title victory against Mark Selby, Selby makes snooker final history with first 147 - and costs rival Wilson 27.5k, Fans rage that World Snooker final is like a 'doctor's waiting room', Souness fights back tears as he announces emotional retirement on Sky Sports, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Selby was showing signs of exhaustion following his epic 17-15 semi-final defeat of Robertson the previous night and was there for the taking. Mark Allen also holds a steady lead over Stuart Bingham as their match was brought to an end with the score at 5-3. 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You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. The Soccer Teams Noppon Saengkham and Ronnie O'Sullivan played 4 But it was amazing how calm I felt.'. 19:00. Ronnie passes a spotted black and presents his foe with a chance to finish the frame. 51-74 (MS 50), 135-0 (135), 114-0 (114), 0-92 (92), 87-0 (87) 112-0 (112), 0-78 (78), 77-0 (69), 0-72 (72) 37-65 70-68, Session 1:66-31 (59), 81-45, 26-58, 99-34 (85)130-1 (51, 79), 47-80, 59-14 (58), 58-68Session 2:28-61, 0-97 (97), 33-57, 4-94 (58), 94-1 (87)1-63 (62), 82-0 (82), 9-76 (76)Session 3:0-97 (97), 79-41, 0-94 (68), 93-26 (68)0-81 (72), 0-79 (72), 70-62 (MS 50), 87-15Session 4:114-0 (114), 104-23 (57), 51-71 (56), 0-64 (63) 62-50 (MS 50), 47-71, 138-0 (138), 74-0 (71), 81-34 (64). Hendry was, by admission, a 'boring' winning machine. - Selby wins 35-minute frame. O'Sullivan continues to hold an advantage with a 45 point lead. Snooker World Championship Ronnie OSullivan and Mark Selby head Snooker World Championship field as top 16 seeds confirmed The top 16 seeds for the The old head of snooker had the opportunity to go 7-1 This time it was Selby who made the early running, but at 13-9 he failed to press on, losing the last two frames of the third session. Higgins will take an 8-0 lead into this evening's session after winning every frame in the morning session. Selby had not played for two months before his opening day match with Jones, having taken time out due to his mental health issues, but made three centuries in winning 10-7. With a free spirit and all the aggression that sits in stark contrast to Selbys more cautious approach, Brecel produced possibly the greatest ever comeback seen at the World Championship when recovering from 14-5 down to beat Si Jiahui in the semi-finals on Saturday. OSullivan went 3-1 ahead with a break of 85 before the interval, and while the kicks proved negligible upon the resumption, the errors continued as Selby missed But, today's Ronnie is a totally different animal. It was far from easy, but Mark Selby is through to the quarter-finals where he will face John Higgins. WebRound 1. He has won his last 11 ranking finals, tying Stephen Hendry's record. If you combined their characters into a single player, they would never lose. But having also fallen 9-5 behind in the evening, he clawed his way back. Wilson's brilliant maximum break sees him become just the 13th player in the history of the Crucible to manage a 147. Brecel has also continued his strong start against Williams, taking a 9-7 lead in their best-of-25-frames match. Mark Selby made history in the World Championship as he became the first player to make a maximum 147 break in the final and will share 40,000 in prize money Jack Lisowski beats Noppon Saengkham 10-7 to become the next player into round two. After admitting he may have wasted nine years of his career through a hedonistic existence, he is teetotal. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7c0a9bbcc9e16baf Selby to win 18-13, 18-14 and 18-15 appear most likely. A long way to go still but Shaun Murphy and Steve Davis are far from impressed by what they've seen so far. Last year's World Championship win at 46 years and 148 days eclipsed previous oldie Ray Reardon's record, who was 45 years and 203 days old when he claimed the title. At 17-14, with the pressure on to get the match won, Selby made a typically gutsy clearance to become world champion for the first time. The Scot smashed off seven world titles between 1 He isnt as good because nobody is in the all-out heavy scoring department so finds other ways to win. The task ahead of Brecel is just about as significant as anything in snooker, but he might not get a better chance. The match is played over four sessions at 1pm and 7pm on Sunday 30 April and Monday 1 May. It's proving to be walk in the park for Mark Allen against 2015 world champion Stuart Bingham. Brecel is full of confidence and is entitled to feel an air of invincibility having appeared dead and buried more than once in the last two weeks. When OSullivan nicknamed him the torturer it wasnt meant as a compliment but Selby should take it as one. 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