Selby holds off Baird to make last eight

Selby beat Ronnie O’Sullivan 18-14 to win the 2014 World Championship final

Former champion Mark Selby survived a comeback to beat Sam Baird 13-11 and reach the quarter-finals of the World Championship.

The 2014 winner Selby made fluent breaks of 134, 133 and 115 to go 11-7 ahead, but Baird pulled back to 11-11 before Selby took the two he needed.

Two-time finalist Ali Carter suffered a surprise 13-11 defeat by Alan McManus in the second round.

Welshman Mark Williams beat Michael Holt 13-8 to go through.

Two-time champion Williams will play Judd Trump or Ding Junhui on his first appearance in the last eight since 2011.

Ronnie O’Sullivan trails Barry Hawkins 5-3 after the first session of their second-round match.

Five-time winner O’Sullivan made a stunning 139 break in only eight minutes in the second frame but Hawkins won the last two.

Four-time champion John Higgins opened up a 5-3 lead over Ricky Walden, the Scot making a century break in the final frame of the session.

Both matches resume on Sunday at 14:30 BST.

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