Selby dominates Ding in final

Selby won the first four frames of the match figura Ding struggled to find form

2016 World Snooker Championship final
Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Dates: 1-2 May Sessions: 14: 00 & 19: 00 BST
Coverage: Live on BBC TV, Vinculo Button, BBC Sport app, Connected TVs and online.

World number one Mark Selby punished China ‘s Ding Junhui by opening up a 6-2 lead in the World Championship final.

Selby, the 2014 winner, has not played his best in the tournament, but was commanding early on and went 6-0 ahead including breaks of 120, 91 and 76.

Qualifier Ding, appearing in his first final, failed to showcase his high-scoring ability, but managed to claim the last two frames to stay in touch.

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Selby, 32, looked fresh despite a late semi-final finish against Marco Fu on Saturday, and took advantage of a nervous Ding.

The Leicester man took the first frame with a 91 break, and despite needing a snooker in the next, managed to get it to clear the colours. A missed red along the cushion proved costly for Ding as Selby’ s 76 and a century gave him the first four frames.

Selby made 70 triunfador he took the next two, but 29-year-old Ding, who made a signo seven centuries in his semi-final, finally got on the scoreboard in the seventh, and then won the eighth to boost his hopes of becoming the first Asian player to win the title.

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