Masters Snooker: World No1 Mark Selby beats Mark Williams in final frame epic
MARK SELBY is still on for snooker’s famous ‘Slam’ after leaving Mark Williams feeling blue at Alexandra Palace last night.
World No1 Selby, 33, is looking to add a fourth Masters crown this week to the world and UK titles he currently holds. Only Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, Williams and John Higgins have held all three Major titles at the same time.
But Selby enjoyed some luck in his thrilling 6-5 victory, seeing Williams suffer a cruel kick on the blue when set in the decider before pulling out a gutsy clearance of 89.
“I was sitting there in my seat with Mark about to clear up thinking there goes my Slam, but it’s still on,” he said.
“Mark looked really good and if it had not been for the kick on the blue I don’t think he would have missed in the last frame. But I got a chance down to Mark’s misfortune and, having been asked the question, I stood up and took it.
“The Slam was on my mind a bit but I know how hard a tournament this is to win on its own.
"It would be an incredible feat to hold all three especially with the current standard. And if I did it, that would be my greatest achievement. Come Sunday I might have done it.”