Mark Selby beats Shaun Murphy to win fourth World Snooker Championship title
A crowd of 980 people watched Selby move level with John Higgins on four world titles
Mark Selby has become a four-time world snooker champion
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Outcomes are rarely as straightforward in life as in art, and Mark Selby proved on Monday night that even Dementors can be victorious.
In truth, comparing a multiple world champion to the stifling, joy-sucking villains of the Harry Potter world as Steve Davis did ahead of this final is little short of an insult to Selby’s vast array of talents.
Ryan Day beats Mark Selby in Shoot Out final
Ryan Day won the Snooker Shoot Out in Milton Keynes (Adam Davy/PA)
Ryan Day claimed the third ranking title of his career after beating Mark Selby to win the Snooker Shoot Out in Milton Keynes.
The 40-year-old Welshman built a nerveless break of 67 to sink the former three-time world champion, and shattered Selby’s hopes of winning a record 12th ranking final in succession.
It marked a welcome return to prominence for Day, a former world number six who has slipped down the world rankings in recent years to his current number 50.
Ryan Day beats Mark Selby in Shoot Out final
Ryan Day won the Snooker Shoot Out in Milton Keynes (Adam Davy/PA)
Ryan Day claimed the third ranking title of his career after beating Mark Selby to win the Snooker Shoot Out in Milton Keynes.
The 40-year-old Welshman built a nerveless break of 67 to sink the former three-time world champion, and shattered Selby’s hopes of winning a record 12th ranking final in succession.
It marked a welcome return to prominence for Day, a former world number six who has slipped down the world rankings in recent years to his current number 50.
Plymouth snooker star Haydon Pinhey set for TV debut on Eurosport
Amateur Haydon Pinhey, aged 24, will take on a professional in the Snooker Shoot Out
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Amateur Haydon Pinhey, aged 24, will take on a professional in front of Eurosport viewers.
He is playing Riley Parsons in the second round of the quick-fire Snooker Shoot Out in Milton Keynes.
Haydon beat Mark Davis in the first round of the world-ranking event to make the last 64.
Plymouth amateur Haydon Pinhey lines up on Eurosport tonight (Image: Pinhey family)
He joins Tavistock’s Andy Hicks in the competition for the one-frame eliminator.