Selby Into Final After 63-minute Black-ball Frame

Mark Selby reached nan last of nan Champion of Champions tourney by beating Neil Robertson 6-2 successful a lucifer which included a 63-minute framework decided connected nan last black.

England's Selby, playing successful beforehand of his location crowd astatine nan Mattioli Arena successful Leicester, mostly controlled matters against nan Australian to group up a last against world number 1 Judd Trump.

A grinding seventh framework which had lasted good complete half an hr appeared to beryllium heading to a conclusion erstwhile Robertson fluked nan pink, but he past missed nan achromatic - only for Selby to miss a elemental pot.

Robertson yet fashioned different chance which stuck successful nan jaws of nan pocket, and Selby vanished it off.

Four-time world champion Selby besides made dense upwind of a 45-minute eighth frame, but came done it to group up a gathering of nan only 2 men to person played successful each version of nan Champion of Champions since 2013.

Selby won nan opening 2 frames, including nan 2nd pinch a break of 127 to widen his grounds of scoring a period successful each tourney he has played this season.

Robertson missed a elemental reddish successful framework 1 and was connected nan backmost ft thereafter.

Selby moved 4-1 up pinch an 80, but Robertson responded pinch a 104 - much than double his adjacent highest break successful nan lucifer - earlier nan epic seventh frame.

Selby and England's Trump, who has not won a title since nan 2024 UK Championship, meet connected Sunday.