Ka taƙaita labarin:  La'anar Crucible za ta zama nauyi a kan tunanin Mark Selby a ranar Asabar, amma basirar da aka samu na sabon shiga wanda zai iya "kashe kowa" zai zama wani abu ne. Dole ne zakaran duniya ya yi mu'amala da duka biyun idan yana son yin tarihi a Sheffield. Yana daya daga cikin quirks na wannan wuri cewa babu farko-lokaci lashe ya kiyaye da take gaba shekara. Yayin da wannan sha'awar kididdiga ta kara matsin lamba ga Selby, haka kuma kasancewar Kurt Maflin, daya daga cikin maza hudu da suka fara bayyana a cikin babban zane. Mark Selby yana daukar hoto tare da kofin bayan ya lashe Gasar Snooker ta Duniya a Crucible a 2014. Abin sha'awa ne a gare shi, dan London da ke zaune a Norway wanda ya taba zama tauraron yaro amma ya kai shekaru 31 ba tare da yin manyan abubuwa a wasan ba. Wannan ya bayyana yana canzawa tare da bayyanarsa ta kwanan nan a wasan kusa da na karshe na China Open, inda ya rasa 6-3 ga Selby. Yana daya daga cikin 'yan wasa 21 kawai a tarihi da suka buga 147 da yawa a cikin gasa na ƙwararru. Matsayin Maflin a kan lambar 1 ta duniya ya bayyana a matsananciyar matsananci, amma Jimmy White mai tseren tsere shida ya gaya wa Sportsmail: "Ya sami ɗaya daga cikin manyan baiwa da na gani a wasan. Idan ya samar da wasansa zai iya kashe kowa. Bari mu ga yadda zai yi da Selby. Shi ne wanda zai iya samar da wani abu na sihiri. Yana da ban sha'awa sosai kuma yana kai hari sosai. Idan suka shiga zai iya doke kowa. Maflin ya nuna wadannan kyaututtuka a rushe Steve Davis 10-1 a cikin cancantar. Amma Selby ya kamata ya zama wani abu daban-daban, ya lashe lakabi biyu a wannan kakar kafin kare shi, wanda ya fara wannan safiya. Selby (a sama) zai fuskanci dan wasan farko na gasar Kurt Maflin a zagaye na farko a ranar Asabar. Maflin (a sama) ya sha kashi a hannun Selby a wasan kusa da karshe na gasar Snooker ta Duniya China Open a farkon wannan watan. White ya nuna Selby a matsayin daya daga cikin "uku don kallo", tare da Judd Trump da Ronnie O'Sullivan, babban abin da na fi so. Da yake magana game da hoodoo da ke kewaye da masu nasara a karon farko, Selby ya ce: <unk>It is a...
Mark Selby ya buga da Kurt Maflin a zagaye na farko na gasar cin kofin duniya. Selby shi ne mai kare zakara amma babu wanda ya lashe a karon farko da ya rike shi. Jimmy White ya gaya wa Sportsmail cewa Maflin zai iya doke kowa a ranarsa.