UK Championship Day 6

Mark Selby shows his delight after potting match ball to secure
a 6-4 win over Neil Robertson after previously being 4-0 down.

Mark Selby produced an incredible comeback to win his quarter-final match against Neil Robertson, by six frames to four. However The Jester from Leicester was 4-0 behind at the interval after Robertson had dominated the early stages of the match. But the world number two turned things around after the break and won an astonishing six frames on the bounce to win the match in impressive style.

He will face Mark Davis in Saturday’s semi-final after the 40-year-old defeated Matthew Stevens 6-4 to reach his third semi-final of the season. It was the Welshman though that took the early initiative winning the first two frames although the lead was pegged back as Davis won the next two before the interval. The Hastings man went onto win another two after the interval to go 4-2 up but Stevens fought back this time to draw level at 4-4. A break of 70 saw Davis take frame nine before he wrapped up the match by taking frame 10.

Earlier in the day, Shaun Murphy finally ended Luca Brecel’s excellent run in the UK Championship, but it took him until the penultimate ball in the deciding frame to secure the win. Brecel, who had already defeated Ricky Walden and mark King won the opening frame but Murphy went 2-1 up by winning the next two, including a break of 122 in the latter. The young Belgian secured frame four to go into the interval at 2-2 and the game continued just as tight with the scores level at 4-4 after frame eight. Brecel went 5-4 up and within a frame of the last four and had the chance to wrap up the game at 6-4 but rattled the final pink in the jaws allowing Murphy to force the equaliser. Murphy had the early chance in the final frame but only made a break of 42 which allowed Brecel to battle back. He appeared to on course to record another incredible victory but as happened the previous frame, he rattled the pink in the jaws, allowing Murphy the simplest of pinks in the middle pocket to secure the win.

Ali Carter will be his opponent in tomorrow’s semi-final after he defeated Stuart Bingham 6-4 in an all-Essex clash. Bingham won the opener but Carter held the advantage at the interval after winning three in a row, including a 134 century break. The pair traded blows in the next two frames but Bingham took frames seven and eight to draw level at 4-4. However Carter took frames nine and ten to secure the win.