A superb match the world number 1 pulls of a magnificent final session, 5-1 down at one point, wins it by 3 frames fantastic final.
Thanks for reading & following this with me, Merry Christmas & a very Happy New Year see u in January for the 2014 Masters good night! Frame 1: Mark Selby the defending champ breaks off in a great reception at the Barbican in York, a beauty of a long red to get the Aussie Robertson going, Neil goes behind the green for a snooker, Mark rolls into the pack, great long red for Selby as well, gets the blue in the centre the defending champ could be in with the first chance, good start 27 with the latest black & looking composed, gets the blue but the red almost went in the pocket for a foul, good recovery gets a 2 ball plant could be a frame winner this break, brings up the half century 4 reds in a little cluster in the centre of the table beautifully played! Tough red from the cushion in the centre pocket potted, frame sealed now for the century, cannons are working nicely here lost position on 80 fabulous black deservedly applauded, CENTURY! Well played Mark Selby, a brilliant 130 1-0 Selby.
Frame 2: Early safety battle in this frame, poor safety from Robertson & Selby may have a chance, everything is covered by the looks of it, plays safe does Selby, Robertson almost fluked a red into the middle pocket, neither player giving a inch at the moment, looks like Robertson may have a chance, middle distance red dispatched, 12 made currently a nice start, may need a long pink to keep break going, but he turned it down, both players playing good safety shots, Mark misses a long red & Neil looking to take advantage, Neil cannons the 4 reds on the bottom cushion black now available, blues after the reds in the early part of this break, 31 & black on now, pots it we could be heading for a level game, nice long red to ensure the frame can Neil respond with a century of his own? Cracking red along the cushion, 63 break we are level 1-1.
Frame 3: Fabulous long red position went awry for Mark Selby, Robertson misplaced a safety & Selby is in the balls, 49 for Selby missed red in green pocket, Robertson misses a red by a fair distance, and so does Selby, Neil pots a red can still win this frame, only gathers the blue & then a red is missed from the Aussie, good safety play from both players here, Mark just misses a red whilst swerving foul called, gets it 2nd time around, a good red by Selby going for green beautiful position, double attempt missed good effort though, poor safety from Neil, frame ball red potted! Gratefully applauded looking like the defending champion will re-take the lead & he does. 2-1 Selby
Frame 4: Middle distance red which Neil missed he should have potted chance for Selby, nice split on the pack for Mark, pink & black are out of action so blue is the colour of choice, 39 and position is lost, not a wonderful safety from Neil & Mark Selby has a chance to go into the interval 2 frames ahead but position has deserted him, he has recovered baulk colour brown potted, back in position to win frame, hasn't won it yet, Selby behind the black Neil can see a red on the side cushion, tried to bring reds into play a little messy that, Selby seals the frame next pot, a break of 35 up to the blue 3-1 Selby at mid session interval.
Frame 5: Reds tightly bunched in the opening exchanges, two reds hanging over the corner pocket, white goes in that same pocket very unfortunate though, scrappy frame at the moment, Mark over-cuts a red, Neil could be in, he isn't missed blue, a 57 break from Selby puts him in pole position for a bigger lead. Selby leads 4-1.
Frame 6: Robertson's confidence isn't there at the moment for me, Selby back in the balls, 18 for the defending champ, Robertson takes his eye off the pot, Selby back in, 9 points in the frame Robertson tried to come back in this frame but lost position after a break of 30, green to black left, good long green from Selby frame won, 5-1 to the defending champ.
Frame 7: Robertson in the balls, choosing blues at the moment after reds, position awry for Neil pots the awkward blue though 36 break now, 54 break now looking good for the frame a really key one too, Neil fouls the pink just (the red went in didn't matter), Selby misses a red, great long red in to the yellow pocket, Selby needs to clear up to win this frame, not a good safety from Mark, Neil clinches the frame after a little tactical battle he badly needed it, frame clinched with a lovely red to the green pocket. 5-2 to Selby.
Frame 8: Neil in the balls 38 break at the moment reds in a cluster good chance, a frame winning break 86 red struggled in to the pocket, great long blue to get to 99, red into the middle CENTURY! 114 colours left, 123 break in the end, cracking break 5-3 Selby see u tonight!
RECAP: Mark Selby got into a 5-1 session lead with some fabulous play, Robertson took the last two 5-3.
Good evening 5-3 Selby then this could be fireworks tonight!
Frame 9: A good break by Selby left Robertson no red on, a safety battle going on at the moment, cagey in the early goings tonight, a nice 41 break from Selby to get him going, excellent safety from both players here, reds are in the bottom third of the table, Neil pots a nice plant on red, really needs this one to get right back in this final, 22 and a missed red with extended rest, Mark then seals the frame with a break of 25. 6-3 Selby.
Frame 10: Great pot from Neil on a long red snookers Mark behind the green, Selby tries to nestle into the reds he missed & Neil has a chance now, unfortunately for the Aussie not a huge one gets the blue off the red, white was stuck at the bottom of the pack, Neil may now have his chance, but the Aussie gets stuck in the reds again! 45 point lead though, Neil seals the frame the Thunder from Down Under is back to 2 behind 6-4 Selby.
Frame 11: A unbelievable miss from Selby on a red hasn't cost him though, Neil is now in the balls on 10 nice blue not a bad split on the pack, hampered though on a red he wants to take on, gets it though, frame over great break this CENTURY! 122 response 6-5 Selby.
Frame 12: Neil in the balls making hard work at the start of the break, past 50 reds tightly packed, CENTURY! 132 break fabulous we are level! 6-6.
Frame 13: Two good long pots on the blue thanks to a nice kiss on the red, 26 made, nice red, position unfortunate, great recovery blue in the green pocket, another nice mid distance blue from Neil is the tide turning? Neil misses a frame ball black! Is the frame back on? A break of 22 red missed to the middle pocket, 2 reds & the colours remain. Selby goes in-off, looking like Robertson may take the frame & he pots the red! The Aussie was 5-1 down! Now leads 7-6 in a race to 10!
Frame 14: Cracking plant from Selby only made 12 missed black, Robertson had a short visit, Mark back in playing some nice shots, 16 from Selby 6 reds left, Robertson back in, developed the 3 reds possible frame winning shot, looking like it is a frame winner, a brilliant 47 from Neil sets up a 8-6 lead (2 more frames required)
Frame 15: Selby amongst the balls cracking opening red to get position on the black with a swerve shot, 35 at the moment, breaks down on 42, Robertson missed, Selby back in, seals the frame he needed it a great 74 break 8-7 Robertson.
Frame 16: Break of 35 at the moment for Robertson, runs out of luck on 48, Selby only gets 14, Robertson back in loses position frame is not over yet, to the colours Selby is in, poor position on the green Neil is back in with a chance to go within one frame of the title, good pot on the green from Selby after a pretty poor shot from Neil, not the best shot from Mark, Neil misses the brown! Mark needs to clear brown-black to level this match, MISSED BLACK! Amazing miss, Neil pots it! 9-7 Robertson.
Frame 17: Cracking red from Selby after missing that black at the end of that last frame, 3 reds & blacks, tried for the 4th red into the middle missed it, nice red from Mark loses position though, 25 points ahead, stretches his lead to 36 points cue ball in jaws of green pocket for Neil Robertson, Neil now puts Mark Selby in jaws of black pocket, tit for tat, Neil registers on the scoreboard in this frame snooker behind the yellow, Mark misses his attempt at getting out of the snooker attempted to hit loose red not far from the blue spot, missed it twice, hits it 3rd time! Selby has a 27 point lead there are two loose reds & a cluster of them, Neil pots the loose red in baulk, sinks the blue too much power in the cue ball, safety, a tactical battle is underway, Neil runs out of position after trying to split the reds, Neil has a chance to win the title, and he takes it! Neil Robertson wins 10-7 & is the 2013 UK Champion!!!!
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