Mark Selby picked up a 6-4 win over John Higgins at the Champions of Champions on Monday night, a victory made all the more impressive as it came on the anniversary of his father’s death.
Selby and Higgins had beaten Lee Walker and Hossein Vafaei respectively in their opening matches of the event on Monday afternoon, to set-up the huge clash between two four-time world champions.
The Jester from Leicester made a break of 140 in the opening frame, with the Wizard of Wishaw going one better with a 141 in the sixth.
There were brilliant breaks, but spells of immense tactical play from the renowned masters of table craft, but Selby was scoring again at the end, making breaks of 105 and 81 to finish the match.
‘I thought it was a great game. If I’d have lost, I don’t think I’d have done much wrong,’ Selby told ITV4 after the victory.