Mark Selby

Defending champion Mark Selby lost the longest frame in Crucible history as he crashed out of the World Snooker Championship against China's Yan Bingtao.

The ones that I'm proud of are the majors and that's about it really." It felt like my game was coming back a bit and I was enjoying it, so it's positive going forward." Yan had built a two-frame lead heading into their concluding session and looked set to make short work of the champion when he won the first two frames in the evening to extend his lead to 11-7.

Yan Bingtao's aggressive snooker saw him take a 9-7 lead over defending champion in their last-16 match at the Crucible ahead of Saturday's evening session ...

Match sharpness was a concern for Selby, given his lack of competitive snooker on account of the time he has missed while he battles with his mental health, and it showed in the fourth. Yan was playing fearlessly and his cue action was infallible, and he was almost out of sight at 44-0 up with a safety behind the yellow and brown. A half a century in no time looked like reducing the deficit and before long that became a marvellous clearance of 132 to reduce the deficit to just two frames. Selby sank a brilliant long red to give himself and register his first pot in 30 minutes, but a missed black off the spot all-but handed the frame and a three-frame lead to Yan. He took a 24-point lead before a bad angle on the black drew his break to a close, but Selby gave Yan another look with a poor safety. Yan grabbed frame-ball black leaving Selby needing a snooker, but the defending champion never had the chance to try as Yan cleaned up for his 12th Crucible century.

Mark Selby will not be adding a fifth world title to his collection following defeat to China's Yan Bingtao at the Crucible, while Ronnie O'Sullivan ...

Maguire, who is guaranteed at least 50,000 by reaching the last eight, said: “When I played Shaun I was rubbish and Shaun was even worse, so I went back up to Glasgow and made my mind up that I wasn’t coming back with that cue because I felt like I had no chance. “It doesn’t mean anything to me,” insisted O’Sullivan. “They’re not the kinds of statistics that I’m proud of. The pair had resumed on Saturday morning at 4-4 before Yan moved 9-7 in front ahead of their marathon concluding session.

Defending champion Mark Selby lost the longest frame in Crucible history as he crashed out of the World Snooker Championship against China's Yan Bingtao.

The ones that I'm proud of are the majors and that's about it really." It felt like my game was coming back a bit and I was enjoying it, so it's positive going forward." Yan had built a two-frame lead heading into their concluding session and looked set to make short work of the champion when he won the first two frames in the evening to extend his lead to 11-7.

Yan Bingtao produced Mark Selby-type snooker to beat Mark Selby 13-10 and book his place in the quarter-finals of the World Championship.

It went on, and on, and on - and by the time the pair got down to the colours Selby's highest break of the frame was one. And the 2021 Masters champion showed he has break-building class to complement his steely safety with a winning break of 112. Once again, he prowled round the table and knocked it down the side rail to the bottom left to open up a four-frame lead. The 18th frame had a Selby feel to it, with it extremely scrappy and boiling down to a safety battle. An excellent safety from Yan forced an error from Selby and he freed his arm with a run of 37. The pain was exacerbated as Yan cleared to the pink to extend his lead.

Mark Selby and Yan Bingtao played a frame lasting 85 minutes and 22 seconds during their second round match on Saturday night – the longest in 45 years of ...

Defending champion Selby and 16th seed Yan had a succession of extended safety battles on the reds and colours. Yan though won't mind how he finally ended the Selby reign, showcasing his full repertoire to first beat the champion at his own game and then stroke home his third century of a match which produced six of them. Mark Selby and Yan Bingtao played a frame lasting 85 minutes and 22 seconds during their second round match on Saturday night – the longest in 45 years of snooker at the Crucible.