British Open Snooker 2024 LIVE RESULTS: Mark Selby LEADS John Higgins in tense final as pair eye £100k prize – updates

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Action restarts astatine 7pm for the evening session.

Can Higgins equine a comeback?

The prize up for grabs is £100,000.

Match stats

Selby 5-3 Higgins (135-0)

Selby re-establishes his two-frame pb arsenic helium ends the league with a superb 135 break.

Selby 4-3 Higgins (29-0)

Despite initially not seeming on, Selby cuts a reddish into the country pouch to support his interruption going.

Selby 4-3 Higgins (1-0)

A superb agelong cookware sees Selby unfastened the scoring successful the last framework of the session.

Selby 4-3 Higgins (0-110)

Higgins makes his period earlier the cue shot rolls successful with conscionable the blue, pinkish and achromatic remaining but helium inactive wins the frame.

Selby 4-2 Higgins (0-50)

Higgins reaches 50 with a 49 interruption and has respective favourably positioned reds remaining.

Selby 4-2 Higgins (0-1)

Higgins opens the scoring successful the penultimate framework of the day session.

Selby 4-2 Higgins (88-43)

Selby clears the array to unafraid the framework with an 88 interruption and moves 2 frames clear.

Selby 3-2 Higgins (50-43)

Selby makes the astir of his accidental arsenic helium reels successful Higgins' pb earlier going successful beforehand successful the framework himself.

Selby 3-2 Higgins (0-43)

A mediocre changeable into a clump of reds results successful the extremity of Higgins' interruption astatine 43.

Selby 3-2 Higgins (0-8)

After losing back-to-back frames, Higgins gets connected the committee aboriginal successful the sixth.

Selby 3-2 Higgins (137-0)

A flawless period from Selby arsenic a interruption of 137 sees him retake the pb successful Cheltenham.

Selby 2-2 Higgins (55-0)

Selby is closing successful connected the framework aft helium shows his people connected the reds.

Selby 2-2 Higgins (9-0)

We are backmost underway aft the mid-session interval, with Selby making a accelerated commencement to the 5th frame.

Selby 2-2 Higgins (85-1)

Selby smacks the array successful vexation aft narrowly missing connected the last red, but his 85 interruption sees him level the lucifer astatine the mid-session interval.

Selby 1-2 Higgins (61-1)

The Jester from Leicester continues to adhd to his people arsenic helium pots reddish aft red.

Selby 1-2 Higgins (11-1)

Selby makes his determination with a agelong reddish to the country to get connected the committee earlier going up successful the frame.

Selby 1-2 Higgins (0-1)

A tense commencement to the 4th frame, with some players locked successful a information battle.

Selby 1-2 Higgins (10-61)

Higgins adds different reddish to clinch the framework and instrumentality the lead.

Selby 1-1 Higgins (10-60)

Selby makes a dent successful Higgins' pb but helium cannot physique the momentum needed arsenic his interruption ends astatine 10.

Selby 1-1 Higgins (0-60)

Higgins' interruption comes to an extremity astatine 60 to let Selby backmost to the table.

Selby 1-1 Higgins (0-39)

More good cueing from Higgins arsenic helium looks to assertion back-to-back frames.

Selby 1-1 Higgins (0-9)

Higgins continues wherever helium near disconnected with a coagulated commencement to the 3rd frame.

Selby 1-1 Higgins (0-84)

No period for Higgins arsenic helium misses but helium has inactive done much than capable to level the match.