Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  The Crucible Curse ichava chimwe chinhu chinorema mupfungwa dzaMark Selby musi woMugovera, asi matarenda e"mercury" omutsva anokwanisa "kuuraya munhu upi noupi chose chose" achava chimwe chose chose chose chose. Mukwikwidzi wenyika achafanira kukurukura zvose kana achida kuita nhau muSheffield. Chimwe chezvinhu zvinoshamisa zviri panzvimbo ino ndechokuti hapana mukundi wokutanga akachengetedza zita rake gore rakatevera racho. Nepo kuda kuziva kwenhamba ikoko kwakawedzera chimwe chinhu chokudzvinyirira kuna Selby, ndizvo zvakaitawo kuvapo kwaKurt Maflin, mumwe wavarume vana vanoratidzika kokutanga mukukweva kukuru. Mark Selby anoratidzira aine mukombe pashure pokukunda World Snooker Championship paCrucible muna 2014. Mufananidzo unofadza zvakadini, muLondon anogara muNorway uyo akambova nyeredzi yomwana asi asvika zera ramakore 31 pasina kuita manyuko makuru mumutambo wacho. Ikoko kunoratidzika kuva kuri kuchinja nechitarisiko chake chenguva pfupi yapfuura muChina Open semi-fainari, uko akarasikirwa na6-3 kuna Selby. Ndiye mumwe wevatambi 21 chete munhoroondo yekurova mabhureki akawanda e147 mumakwikwi ehunyanzvi. Mikana yaMaflin yokurwisa mutambi wenhabvu wepasi rose inoratidzika kuva shoma zvikuru, asi mutambi wenhabvu wenguva nhanhatu Jimmy White akaudza Sportsmail kuti: "Iye ane imwe yetarenda guru randakaona mumutambo uyu. Kana achigadzira mutambo wake anogona kuuraya munhu upi noupi. Ngationei kuti anobata sei Selby. Iye ndiye aigona kubudisa chimwe chinhu chinoshamisa. Iye anofadza zvikuru uye anodenha zvikuru. Kana vakapinda anogona kurova munhu upi noupi. Maflin akaratidzira zvipo izvozvo mukuparadza Steve Davis 10-1 mumakwikwi okutanga. Asi Selby anofanira kuva chisarudzo chakasiana zvikuru, apedza kukunda mazita maviri mwaka uno pamberi pokudzivirira kwake, uko kunovamba mangwanani ano. Selby (ari pamusoro) achatarisana nemutambi wekutanga mumutambo uyu, Kurt Maflin, mumutambo wekutanga musi weMugovera. Maflin (ari pamusoro apa) akarasikirwa naSelby muhafu yekupedzisira yeWorld Snooker China Open kutanga kwemwedzi uno. White akaronga kuti Selby ave mumwe we"vatatu vokutarisa", pamwe chete naJudd Trump naRonnie O'Sullivan, wandinofarira zvikuru. Achitaura nezvezvinotendwa nevanokunda kokutanga, Selby akati: <unk>I...
Mark Selby anotamba naKurt Maflin mumutambo wokutanga weWorld Championship. Selby ndiye ari kutsigira mukwikwidzi asi hapana mukundi wenguva yokutanga akaichengeta. Jimmy White akaudza Sportsmail kuti Maflin anogona kukunda chero ani zvake pazuva rake.