Selby beats Ding to win second title

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Highlights: Selby wins second world title

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 throughout Sunday and went into Monday’s final session leading 14-11.

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

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

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Selby ‘over the moon’ with world title

“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.

And on Leicester City’s incredible Premier League title success, he added: “To be Premier League champions is a fantastic achievement and I want to say well done to Claudio Ranieri and the boys.”

Selby’s ranking titles2008: Beats Ronnie O’Sullivan 9-8 to win Welsh Open2011: Beats Mark Williams 10-9 in Shanghai Masters final2012: Wins UK Championship with 10-6 win over Shaun Murphy2014: Wins World Championship 18-14 against Ronnie O’Sullivan2015: Wins German Masters and …

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