
Selby had earlier defeated Indian player Pankaj Advani, who
had also really impressed over the weekend. Advani, who has dominated the sport
of Billiards over the past few seasons, is currently in his first year on the
tour but his results seemed to suggest he was a seasoned pro. Despite losing
4-2 to Selby in the semis, he’d earlier defeated Ryan Day 4-1 in the quarters,
Mark King 4-3 in the last 16 and most notably, knocked out former World
Champions John Higgins on Friday afternoon.
Veteran Ken Doherty had also been knocked out by Selby, this
time in the Quarters but Doherty had enjoyed a great feat in the earlier rounds
on Friday. The Irishman completed his first 147 maximum break in his last 128
match against Julian Trieber a feat he’d missed out on earlier in his career
after missing the final black.
Another player who’s now dropped off the main tour, Andrew Norman,
performed well in the competition to make the Quarter Finals, most notably
defeating Nigel Bond in the last 64. The other Quarter-Finalist was Welshman
Michael White who lost 4-1 to Barry Hawkins.
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