Selby's overall performance is relatively stable this season, and he has won two championships. Selby defeated Levin, Bingham, Ding Junhui and shaun murphy in the European Masters, and defeated martin gould 9-8 in the final to win the championship. In the Scottish Open, Selby defeated Yuan Sijun, Bond, Joyce, Lu Haotian, Wharton and jamie jones, and finally swept O 'Sullivan 9-3 to win the championship.
In addition, Selby reached the semi-finals in Britain and lost to Neil Robertson 5-6 in the semi-final; In the championship, Selby reached the semi-finals and lost to Robertson 5-6; In the British Championship, Selby reached the quarterfinals and was defeated by Robertson 2-6 again. In the World Grand Prix, Selby reached the semi-finals and finally lost to Lisovschi 4-6; Selby reached the final in a single time limit, but lost to ryan day 24-27.
Selby beat pinches, O 'Neill, O 'Connor and Yan Bingtao to reach the quarterfinals of the Welsh Championship. In the 1/4 final, Selby played against jordan brown, who broke into the quarterfinals of the ranking tournament again this season after the German Masters. The record shows that Selby defeated Brown with 10-6 in the first round of the World Championships in 2020, which was the only confrontation between them.
In this game, Selby and Brown joined hands to deduce the offensive and defensive charm of snooker to the extreme. In the first four innings, Brown scored 50+3- 1 lead. In the fifth game, Brown scored 52 points in one shot, infinitely approaching the match point, but Selby was full of tenacity. Snooker scored two strokes, tied the score and won the fifth game.
After that, Selby continued to put pressure on Brown, and the two sides drew 4 in the first 8 games. In the deciding game, Brown took the lead in scoring 53 points in a single shot, only one step away from victory. Selby, who was behind, stubbornly pursued points and forced opponents to make free throws in snooker. He doggedly chased it to 56-60, leaving only a black ball on the table. Brown rummaged through the bag and didn't score. Selby did snooker again, and Brown failed to solve the ball, leaving a chance. Unfortunately Selby made a mistake in attacking the black ball, Brown scored and won the game 5-0.
It is worth mentioning that Selby and Brown finally competed for the black ball in the deciding game, just like the competition between Endeley and Ma Wei in the 1998 Masters. They are almost in the same position, on the same line, with equal strength, but the player with better strength failed to score. Brown also laughed at the rearguard, when he was still young.
Mark williams, the champion of 1996 and 1999, performed well in this tournament. Michael white, Heidfeld, joe perry and Iranian brother Wafi were eliminated on the way to promotion. In the 1/4 final, mark williams played against tom ford, who narrowly won 4-3 in the last three games and eliminated Lisovschi in the final round.
Ma Wei and tom ford won and lost each other. In this campaign, Williams scored 70 points and 67 points in a single shot, and the score was 3-0 to establish an advantage. After chasing two sets, tom ford held his ground. Ma Wei scored 86 points in one shot and won the match point 4-2. Not to be outdone, Ford won two more races. Ma Wei seized the opportunity in the deciding game and won 72-35 to advance to the semi-finals.
In the semi-final, Maguire played Brown and O 'Sullivan played mark williams.