HOMETOWN leader Mark Selby is facing Kyren Wilson successful the last of the Championship League successful Leicester RIGHT NOW.
Judd Trump won each six matches - including a 3-0 whitewash of Kyren Wilson - to corroborate his spot successful the semi-finals, but past fell to in-form Wilson successful the last four.
The victor of the contention volition beryllium guaranteed spot successful the lucrative contention is connected offer, positive prize wealth that includes currency for each framework won.
After playing six radical matches each, the apical 4 snooker stars volition past conscionable successful a semi-final and last some taking spot this evening.
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Latest people – Selby looking confident
A superb agelong reddish enactment Selby connected a bluish that helium took confidently - to springiness him a existent accidental of a decisive break.
His adjacent bluish past got him onto the battalion of reds.
- Kyren Wilson 0-1 Mark Selby (0-29)
Latest people – Cagey commencement to 2nd frame
Wilson came backmost with the amended of the aboriginal information shots successful the 2nd framework - aft falling 12-1 behind.
He took a long, hard look astatine 1 pugnacious potting accidental - earlier doubling connected the reds disconnected a cushion to instrumentality the cue shot down the insignificant colours.
And alternatively it was Selby who returned to notch a reddish - followed by producing an fantabulous snooker.
- Kyren Wilson 0-1 Mark Selby (1-13)
Latest people – aboriginal Wilson miss
Wilson took connected and missed by immoderate borderline a agelong red.
And helium near a reddish connected that Selby pouched to motorboat a promising break.
A bluish past took him onto the reddish pack.
But a flimsy misjudgement near him settling for a clever information shot.
- Kyren Wilson 0-1 Mark Selby (0-8)
Latest people – Selby goes successful beforehand with 99
Selby, astonishingly, conscionable missed retired connected different ton - but inactive easy won the archetypal framework against Wilson.
He had to enactment hard to scope 99 - but successful galore ways that made it 1 of his champion breaks arsenic his decisions and potting were some flawless.
That is, until helium someway missed a regular brownish - which denied him a century.
He inactive took the framework 103-11.
- Kyren Wilson 0-1 Mark Selby (first framework score: 11-103)
Latest people – Selby connected brink of opener
Selby has slowed up aft facing immoderate awkward decisions successful this framework - but the ton is inactive on.
And he's conscionable utilized the framework to tuck successful a reddish that's near Wilson needing snookers.
- Kyren Wilson 0-0 Mark Selby (11-75)
Latest people – Selby roars backmost successful archetypal frame
Selby's awesome frame-building contiguous has fixed him a superb accidental of taking the opening framework against Wilson.
He tucked distant reds and blacks earlier switching to a bluish that helped him proceed his march towards ANOTHER imaginable century.
- Kyren Wilson 0-0 Mark Selby (11-50)
Latest people – Wilson successful first
Wilson drifted successful a agelong reddish to springiness himself a accidental of a decent aboriginal break.
A greenish past took him down to the precocious colours - but the cue shot landed choky against the battalion of reds.
So helium opted to nudge the achromatic shot backmost to safety.
- Kyren Wilson 0-0 Mark Selby (11-0)
Latest people - arsenic Selby launches final
We're into aboriginal information play successful what could beryllium an epic final.
It's inactive the archetypal to 3 frames.
- Kyren Wilson 0-0 Mark Selby (0-0)
Coming up - Wilson vs Selby
It's different heavyweight finale - acceptable for 7.30pm.
Kyren Wilson stunned Judd Trump 3-0 and Mark Selby past clinched a 3-1 triumph implicit Hossein Vafaei successful the different semi-final.
So it's 2014 Crucible king Wilson against four-time satellite champ Selby - who notched a 147 this afternoon.
Latest scores – Selby sails through
Selby took vantage of the cleanable presumption to wrapper up triumph implicit Vafaei.
A bluish took him onto the last red.
And aft tickling that reddish in, Selby pouched a pinkish to the mediate pocket, giving his hostile small prime but to concede astatine 65-20 down.
- RESULT: Judd Trump 0-3 Kyren Wilson
- RESULT: Mark Selby 3-1 Hossein Vafaei (final framework score: 65-20)
Latest scores – Kyren ton sends Judd packing
Wilson mocked Trump's earlier dominance of the radical stages with an outstanding 3-0 semi-final win.
The satellite champ missed the greenish erstwhile connected 113 successful the 3rd framework - but that was conscionable a insignificant blip successful an ultra-smooth performance.
Trump got up with a grin astatine that constituent to shingle Wilson's manus aft a broad defeat.
- RESULT: Judd Trump 0-3 Kyren Wilson (final framework score: 0-113)
- Mark Selby 2-1 Hossein Vafaei (16-20)
Latest scores – Selby successful beforehand arsenic Wilson scents win
Selby has gone backmost successful beforehand implicit Vafaei with a comfy 3rd frame.
And Wilson appears to beryllium motoring towards the 3rd framework against Judd Trump - which would mean a amazingly straightforward victory.
- Judd Trump 0-2 Kyren Wilson (0-53)
- Mark Selby 2-1 Hossein Vafaei (0-7)
Latest scores – Wilson moves connected framework from victory
Trump blew a 56-18 pb arsenic Wilson cleared the colours to determination 2-0 successful front.
And connected the different array Selby has an inviting presumption that could pb to him excessively doubling his lucifer lead.
- Judd Trump 0-2 Kyren Wilson
- Mark Selby 1-1 Hossein Vafaei (31-0)
Latest scores – Kyren poised to treble lead
Wilson is hoping to mop up the colours and spell 2-0 up connected Trump.
- Judd Trump 0-1 Kyren Wilson (56-65)
- Mark Selby 1-1 Hossein Vafaei (0-0)
Latest scores – Wilson eyeing comeback
Wilson would person expected to spell 2-0 up aft Trump missed a snooker badly.
But successful the extremity helium had to opt for a information changeable - leaving him inactive 9 points adrift.
And Selby has conscionable levelled against Vafaei.
- Judd Trump 0-1 Kyren Wilson (56-47)
- Mark Selby 1-1 Hossein Vafaei (0-0)
Latest scores – Judd sweats aft missing snooker
Trump was incapable to get retired of a snooker - and has near Wilson with a beardown accidental of coming backmost to instrumentality the frame.
- Judd Trump 0-1 Kyren Wilson (56-33)
- Mark Selby 1-0 Hossein Vafaei (35-46)
Latest scores – Trump looking to level
Trump failed to ram location his aboriginal vantage successful the secnd frame.
But he's forced Wilson onto the antiaircraft - with the satellite champ good down and struggling to find an opener.
Meanwhile, Selby has edged backmost into hiss 2nd framework with Hossein Vafaei but is inactive 37 points adrift.
- Judd Trump 0-1 Kyren Wilson (56-18)
- Mark Selby 1-0 Hossein Vafaei (19-46)
Latest scores – Trump and Vafaei combat back
Judd Trump and Hossein Vafaei some began their 2nd frames good - arsenic they bid to level.
Each looks successful power of the array arsenic they compile decent breaks.
- Judd Trump 0-1 Kyren Wilson (31-18)
- Mark Selby 1-0 Hossein Vafaei (1-46)
Latest scores – Mark bags opener with 136
Yet different large period from Mark Selby - a 136 clearance this clip -gave him the opening framework against Hossein Vafaei.
No-one successful this tourney has played amended than Selby's efforts implicit the past hr truthful far.
- Judd Trump 0-1 Kyren Wilson (0-0)
- Mark Selby 1-0 Hossein Vafaei (0-0)
Latest scores – Wilson takes opener with 120
Trump's mediocre information changeable outgo him beloved successful the opener - arsenic it enabled Wilson to container a 120 clearance.
- Judd Trump 0-1 Kyren Wilson (0-0)
- Mark Selby 0-0 Hossein Vafaei (86-0)
Latest scores – Wilson dominating opener
Wilson volition footwear himself if helium blows his opening framework against Trump.
The World No. 1 needs snooker arsenic Wilson eyes a century.
- Judd Trump 0-0 Kyren Wilson (0-77)
- Mark Selby 0-0 Hossein Vafaei (46-0)
Latest scores - Kyren firin'
Kyren Wilson has a large aboriginal accidental of a frame-defining interruption against tourney favourite Judd Trump.
- Judd Trump 0-0 Kyren Wilson (0-36)
- Mark Selby 0-0 Hossein Vafaei (18-0)
Play-offs coming up - with Trump successful blockbuster
Judd Trump's "reward" for his six-wins-out-of-six radical grounds is simply a semi-final against fourth-placed Kyren Wilson - the existent satellite champion.
And aft bagging a 147 successful edging retired Xiao Guodong 3-2, Mark Selby volition instrumentality connected Hossein Vafaei.
It means Matthew Selt and Si Jiahui failed to qualify.
Latest scores – Hossein wins to scope play-offs
Hossein Vafaei overcame a enarthrosis wounded to bushed Si Jiahui.
The Iranian ace knocked successful a agelong pinkish to implicit triumph - erstwhile his rival was already needing 2 snookers.
RESULTS:
- Mark Selby 3-2 Xiao Guodong
- Si Jiahui 0-3 Hossein Vafaei (final framework score: 49-75)
Latest scores – 4th ton successful enactment arsenic Selby wins
Selby made it 4 centuries successful a enactment betwixt them arsenic helium clinched a superb 3-2 triumph implicit Xiao Guodong.
Xiao's decision has near the Chinese ace sweating connected his play-off spot.
Meanwhile, Hossein Vafaei appears connected people for a 3-0 triumph - unless helium lets successful Si Jiahui
- RESULT: Mark Selby 3-2 Xiao Guodong (5th framework score: 111-1)
- Si Jiahui 0-2 Hossein Vafaei (44-69)