Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  Mark Selby batara n'ọnọdụ dị mma ka ọ malitere ịgbachitere aha ya na Betfred World Championship na Satọde. Onye gbara afọ iri atọ na otu nke si Leicester meriri Ronnie O'Sullivan n'asọmpi ikpeazụ nke afọ gara aga iji nweta akara ugo nke mbụ ya na Crucible, wee laghachi na 6-3 n'ihu Kurt Maflin n'agha nke mbụ ha. Onweghi onye mmeri mbụ na Sheffield lọghachitere ijigide iko ahụ ka ọnwa iri na abụọ gachara, na ihe ahụ emeela ka a kpọọ ya akara 'Crucible curse'. Mark Selby na-agba bọọlụ na agba nke mbụ megide Kurt Maflin n'ụbọchị mbụ nke asọmpi Iko Mbaụwa. Mark Selby na Norwegian Kurt Maflin na-ele anya n'oge agba nke mbụ ha na Crucible na Sheffield. Selby kelere igwe mmadụ Crucible mgbe ọ bịarutere. Selby nwere ụdị iji bụrụ onye mmeri ugboro ugboro, ebe o buliri German Masters na China Open titles n'afọ a, na nkwụsị nke 84, 108, 53, 69 na 56 nyere ya ndu na-achịkwa iji banye na nnọkọ mgbede. Egwuregwu ya na Maflin ga-agwụ n'ụbọchị Satọde, nke bụ naanị nke ga-emecha n'ụbọchị mbụ nke asọmpi ahụ, Selby dịkwa ka onye siri ike karịa onye iro ya a mụrụ na London nke na-anọchite anya Norway ugbu a, ebe o biri ihe karịrị afọ iri. Maflin meriri Steve Davis n'asọmpị e ji amata ndị ga-aga nke ọma, o merikwara Selby na Germany n'afọ gara aga, mana nke a bụ nke mbụ onye gbara afọ iri atọ na otu na Crucible. Selby, n'agbanyeghi na ọ ka Maflin ọnwa abụọ, bụ aka ochie n'asọmpi ahụ, ebe ọ pụtara mbụ n'asọmpi Iko Mbaụwa afọ iri gara aga. Ha kesara okpokoro anọ tupu etiti oge etiti oge, Maflin na-agba ọsọ nke 96 na 60, tupu Selby mepee ụzọ okpokoro abụọ wee kwupụta nke asaa mgbe a na-ahụkwa oji. O yiri ka ọ bụ ihe dị mkpa, dịka Maflin gbalịrị okpukpu abụọ na nwa ma na nke abụọ hapụrụ Selby nnukwu ite, nke o ji obi ike gbaa n'etiti akpa ahụ. Egwuregwu Selby na Maflin ga-agwụ n'ụbọchị Satọde, ọ bụ naanị ọgụ a ga-emechi n'ụbọchị mbụ nke asọmpi ahụ. Maflin laghachiri na 88 break, mana mgbe Selby gbafere...
Mark Selby na-edu Kurt Maflin 6-3 ma chọọ naanị okpokoro anọ iji merie. O nwebeghị onye gara Sheffield nke mbụ lọghachitere iji nweta ihe nrite ahụ. Selby na Maflin kesara okpokoro anọ ndị mbụ tupu Selby apụọ. Marco Fu na-edu Jimmy Robertson 5-4 mgbe o mebiri 66 na etiti ikpeazụ.