Ka taƙaita labarin:  Mark Selby ya shiga cikin yanayi mai kyau yayin da ya fara kare taken sa a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta Betfred a ranar Asabar. Dan wasan mai shekaru 31 daga Leicester ya doke Ronnie O'Sullivan a wasan karshe na bara don ya lashe kofinsa na farko na Crucible, kuma ya dawo cikin sauki 6-3 a gaban Kurt Maflin a wasan farko da suka yi. Babu zakaran farko a Sheffield da ya dawo ya riƙe kofin bayan watanni 12, kuma wannan lamari ya ɗauki alamar 'la'anar Crucible'. Mark Selby ya buga kwallo a wasan zagaye na farko da Kurt Maflin a ranar farko ta gasar cin kofin duniya. Mark Selby da dan kasar Norway Kurt Maflin suna kallo yayin wasan zagaye na farko a Crucible a Sheffield. Selby ya gaishe da taron Crucible a lokacin da ya isa. Selby yana sanye da tsari don zama mai cin nasara, bayan da ya ɗaga taken Masanan Jamus da China Open a wannan shekara, kuma hutu na 84, 108, 53, 69 da 56 sun ba shi jagora mai ƙarfi don shiga zaman maraice. Wasansa da Maflin ya kammala a ranar Asabar, karo na daya da ya kai ga ƙarshe a ranar farko ta gasar, kuma Selby ya yi kama da yana da karfi ga abokin hamayyarsa da aka haife shi a London wanda a halin yanzu yake wakiltar Norway, inda ya zauna fiye da shekaru goma. Maflin ya doke Steve Davis a wasannin share fage, kuma ya doke Selby a Jamus a bara, amma wannan shi ne karo na farko na Crucible ga mai shekaru 31. Selby, duk da cewa ya girmi Maflin watanni biyu, tsoho ne a gasar, bayan da ya fara fitowa a gasar cin kofin duniya shekaru 10 da suka gabata. Sun raba firam huɗu kafin hutun tsakiyar zaman, Maflin ya yi gudu na 96 da 60, kafin Selby ya buɗe jagora na firam biyu sannan kuma ya yi ikirarin na bakwai bayan an sake dubawa. Ya yi kama da tsari mai mahimmanci, kamar yadda Maflin sau biyu ya yi ƙoƙari ya ninka a baki amma a karo na biyu ya bar Selby wani tukunya mai tsawo, wanda ya harbe shi da tabbaci a tsakiyar aljihu. Wasan Selby da Maflin ya kammala a ranar Asabar, karo na daya da zai kare a ranar farko ta gasar. Maflin ya dawo da bugun 88, amma lokacin da Selby ya shiga cikin...
Mark Selby ya jagoranci Kurt Maflin 6-3 kuma yana buƙatar kawai hudu da aka tsara don cin nasara. Babu wanda ya taba lashe kofin a Sheffield da ya dawo ya rike kofin. Selby da Maflin sun raba hotuna huɗu na farko kafin Selby ya janye. Marco Fu ya jagoranci Jimmy Robertson 5-4 bayan ya karya 66 a cikin karshe frame.