Archive for January, 2009
Selby to meet O’Sullivan in Masters Final
January 18th, 2009
Mark Selby will play Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final of the snooker Masters on Sunday.
Selby reached the final with a 6-2 semi-final win over John Higgins, while O'Sullivan beat Stephen Maguire 6-1.
If Selby wins he'll become only the fourth player to successfully defend the Masters title.
Selby through to Masters Semi-Final
January 15th, 2009
Mark Selby is through to the semi-final of the snooker Masters tournament after an entertaining 6-5 win over Mark Allen at Wembley this afternoon.
Selby started well, winning the first two frames, but Allen won the next four frames to take a 4-2 lead. Selby made breaks of 92 and 120 in the next two frames to level the scores at 4-4, but Allen took the lead again with a 104 break. Selby took the match into a deciding frame with another century break, and won the tense decider.
The semi-final will be played on Saturday.
