World Snooker Championship final: Mark Selby beats Shaun Murphy for fourth title
The 2021 World Snooker Championship final was played between Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy.
Snooker star Mark Selby pulls off INCREDIBLE shot
Mark Selby beat Shaun Murphy 18-15 in the World Snooker Championship final to claim the fourth world title of his career.
After winning the title, Selby said: "It’s absolutely incredible. Every time you get to a world final you always try your hardest – it’s such a tough tournament to get there and you never know whether it’s going to be your last.
"To win it once against Ronnie O’Sullivan for the first time was a dream come true – to win it four times is something I could only have dreamed of.
"I thought Shaun played fantastic all the way through the match. He’s a great, great player, a great ambassador for the game. I truly believe he’s back to where he was."
Runner-up Murphy said: "Mark Selby is super-granite, unfortunately for me. He's always been the same and I've known since nine.
"I started well but he went into super-hard mode, he broke me last night with that three-frame lead which is a significant lead in a match like this."
World Snooker Championship final results
(best of 35 frames)
Mark Selby 18-15 Shaun Murphy
Session 1:
49-57, 46-67, 68-65 (65 SM), 89-7 (89), 0-75 (75), 66-1, 8-71 (64), 54-80 (52 SM)
Session 2:
85-49 (85), 0-98 (98), 72-34 (67), 107-0 (86), 34-97 (64), 109-0 (57), 90-34 (90), 88-4, 69-26
Session 3:
4-84 (77), 69-58 (62), 41-69, 134-0 (107), 1-100 (100), 0-108 (56), 131-0 (62, 79)
Session 4:
70-28 (66), 48-73, 108-0 (68), 11-79 (58), 120-0 (120), 7-100 (100), 8-126 (103), 71-57
World Snooker Championship 2021 prize money
Winner £500,000
Runner-up £200,000
Semi-finals £100,000
Quarter-finals £50,000
Last 16 £30,000
Last 32 £20,000
Highest break £15,000