Selby beats Ding to win world title

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England’s world number one Mark Selby beat China’s Ding Junhui 18-14 to win his second World Championship title.

Selby, the 2014 winner from Leicester, led from the start on Sunday and went into the final session leading 14-11.

Ding, who was bidding to become the first Asian player to win the world title, won three frames in a row.

But Selby dug deep to seal a brilliant double for the city of Leicester, whose football team were crowned Premier League champions 13 minutes earlier.

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“It is fantastic,” Selby told BBC TV. “It was very special to win it two years ago, but I felt under a lot more pressure now than I did two years ago.

“In the first to 18, a 6-0 lead is not a huge one, especially against someone like Ding. He played fantastically earlier today and I had to just hang on to him.

“I’m just over the moon. I saved my best performance for the final and I only had two good sessions in the tournament. Luckily my ‘B’ game is pretty good.”

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