Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Mark Selby akananga mumutsara unofadza paakatanga kudzivirira zita rake paBetfred World Championship musi woMugovera. Uyu mutambi wemakore 31 anobva kuLeicester akazunza Ronnie O'Sullivan mumutambo wapera gore rapera kuti atore zita rake rekutanga reCrucible, uye akadzoka kuzorora 6-3 pamberi paKurt Maflin mumutambo wavo wekutanga. Hakuna mukundi wokutanga muSheffield akadzoka kuzobata mukombe wacho mwedzi 12 gare gare, uye ichocho chakaita kuti zita rokuti 'kutuka kweCrucible' riwanikwe. Mark Selby anotamba pfuti mumutambo wokutanga wakatarisana naKurt Maflin pazuva rokutanga reWorld Championship. Mark Selby naNorwegian Kurt Maflin vanotarisa panguva yemutambo wavo wokutanga kuCrucible muSheffield. Selby anokwazisa boka reCrucible pakusvika kwake. Selby akashongedzerwa nenzira yokuva mukundi anodzokorora, achisimudza mazita eGerman Masters neChina Open gore rino, uye kuputsa kwe84, 108, 53, 69 uye 56 kwakamupa kutungamira kunotungamirira kupinda muchikamu chemanheru. Kurwisana kwake naMaflin kunopera musi weMugovera, kurwisana bedzi kunosvika kumugumo pazuva rokutanga remutambo, uye Selby airatidzika kuva akasimba zvikuru kumuvengi wake akaberekerwa muLondon uyo zvino anomiririra Norway, kwaakagara kweanopfuura makore gumi. Maflin akakunda Steve Davis mumatanho okutanga, uye akakunda Selby muGermany gore rakapera, asi uku kwaiva kutanga kweCrucible kwomurume ane makore 31 okukura. Selby, pasinei nokuva mukuru kuna Maflin nemwedzi miviri chete, ane ruzivo rwakakura pamutambo uyu, sezvo akaita mutambo wake wokutanga weWorld Championship makore gumi apfuura. Vakagovana mafuremu mana pamberi pepakati pechikamu chepakati, Maflin achigadzira makumi mapfumbamwe nematanhatu nemakumi matanhatu, Selby asati avhura mafuremu maviri uye ndokuzotora wechinomwe mushure mekunge vatema zvakare. Yakaratidzika kuva chimiro chinokosha, sezvo Maflin kaviri akaedza kaviri muchitema asi pachiitiko chechipiri akasiya Selby mbiya refu, iyo yaakarova nechivimbo mukati mehomwe. Mutambo weSelby neMaflin unopedziswa neMugovera, kurwisana kwoga kunopera pazuva rokutanga remutambo. Maflin akadzoka ne88 break, asi Selby paakapfuura...
Mark Selby anotungamirira Kurt Maflin 6-3 uye anoda mamwe mafuremu mana chete kuti akunde. Hakuna mukwikwidzi wekutanga muSheffield akadzoka kuzotora mukombe. Selby naMaflin vakagoverana mapikicha mana okutanga Selby asati aenda. Marco Fu ari kutungamirira Jimmy Robertson 5-4 pashure pokuputsa kwe66 mufirimu rokupedzisira.