snooker world championship final

Blow for blow at the min: 10-8

Happy? No!

lol

Epic frame - this is the type that Selby would win.

ok ok, he is pretty funny, I take back what I said.

In the final against John Higgins Selby did do funny faces and the like, think that's where it comes from.

Another epic - Neil should've won this but missed a blue off the spot.

Some fantastic safety play here from both of them.

All square at the mid-session.

wow, a wewack!

Trump was run over once Robertson got going - not Selby, 70+ break to regain the lead.

Are referees paid by the hour?

12 all. Not stellar, but entertaining.

LOL, just rewound a little because I thought I heard it and Willie Thorn actually really just said "it's going to be a real battle of nutrition"

(it's been pointed out to him and he's now corrected himself btw)

This evening session is A+++

Selby is producing some really great form - should be within one off the final in a few moments..

More like 15 mins later (Ronnie must be loving this). Robertson needs to win the remaining frames.

On the ropes and Robertson makes a century!

It's like they're doing this on purpose. Are they sponsored by a heart attack clinic?

What a match!

Selby gets through with a 74. Just got stronger at the right time.

Selby does play the game that could bog Ronnie down but that was an epic and its just whether he gets a chance to recover. Suspect not.

Missed the start, checked the score online one hour in and it's 3-0 already!?

Selby ws terrific - toughing it out to 5-3 at the end of the first sesh.

oh this is vintage stuff

Ronnie only started pushing the gas pedal once he knew he'll be in the lead overnight.

Three reracks in one session? Crazy.

10-10! omg!

world class match-fixing by ronnie and mark there at frame 22

I've switched over to EuroSport, can't stand JV's endless "where's the cue ball going" anymore

They're both knackered, can't they just split the title and go and have a pint?

These frames 22 and 23 are the worst but most exciting I've ever seen I think.

agreed.
right until the last ball, you could not call frame 23.
brilliant stuff.

jesus christ that pink.

100 break from Ronnie: 12-12

nicko mcbrain rah rah

damien hirst boo boo

Selby takes the lead again with a couple of 30 breaks.

It might help he breaks down now and again. Gets Ronnie into these tactical battles. The commentators seem to think otherwise -- how much in the tank will he have -- but he is mentally strong, cuts both ways.

Stephen bluddy Fry.

in frame 23 though he seemed to have lost every single safety exchange but then somehow gets jammy with a snooker and then ronnie fucks up that last pink

another exhausting tactical battles in frame 26..

Selby 14-12. By far the biggest test Ronnie has ever faced in all of his finals here.

Selby is just eeking them out. He does break down but his tactical play is so good he gets another chance. Not seen anything like it in a while.

And Ronnie is out of sorts with all of this, not his rhythm - think Selby will grind it out now.

15-12.

I'd prefer having someone win by making spectacular points and high breaks, but we've had that forever, this is just harder to admire.

I have a ton of admiration for it, he is doing it with far more flair than Graeme Dott. Really getting Ronnie in all sorts of bother.

You also know Selby is capable of scoring real heavy, but he hasn't been able to so he has a very strong plan B. Almost as good as a plan A.

Ronnie tried bullying him, century in the first frame of the session and Selby just came back at him real hard. Faultless match play and Ronnie looks defeated already.

Quick frame, to Ronnie's tastes: 15 - 13.

what a fkn break: 15 - 14

He made up for that missed pink with a top yellow.

this is gr8 stuff now