Frame 1: Ronnie wins it with a 69 break, impeccable safety from the Rocket as well.
Frame 2: Ronnie takes the 2nd frame with small breaks.
Frame 3: 102 from the Rocket - 3-0.
Frame 4: Mark takes the frame with a 37 break, 3-1 at the interval.
Frame 5: Tight frame Mark wins his 2nd frame in a row. 3-2 Ronnie.
Frame 6: A 63 from Ronnie extends his lead to 4-2.
Frame 7: Selby pulls a frame back astonishingly it's 4-3.
Frame 8: Ronnie wins the 8th with a 27 clearance on the colours.
Ronnie
O'Sullivan will go into the second session of the World Snooker final with a 5-3
lead after being pegged back by Mark Selby.
World number three Selby was left to rue a poor miss when closing in on 4-4 in the final frame of the afternoon.
It looked like the exertions from Saturday's marathon 17-15 victory over Neil Robertson had caught up with Selby as he struggled to get going early on.
He failed to pot a ball in the opening frame and then O'Sullivan took advantage of some poor safety shots to wrap up the second, and then third with a 102 break.
But Selby came back into things by winning two tactical frames either side of the interval.
A break of 63 saw the Essex player claim the sixth frame but a couple of uncharacteristic poor safety shots in the seventh gave his opponent the chance of going into the evening session all square.
He looked on course to level when fluking the final red, but a poor miss on the subsequent black gifted O'Sullivan the frame.
Mark Selby 7-10 Ronnie O'Sullivan (3-5 after session 1, 4-5 session 2) 3rd session 1400 Mon
Frame 9: Now 6-3 after a 40 odd break from Ronnie.
Frame 10: A 52 gives Ronnie the upper hand in the frame which he eventually wins by potting the pink.
Frame 11: Selby first in with a 23, Ronnie wins the frame with a 63 break.
Frame 12: Ronnie non-existent in this frame, Mark really needs this frame a 55 break puts him close to achieving that he gets it. 8-4 at Mid Session Interval
Frame 13: Mark leaves Ronnie needing a snooker Ronnie gets it, Mark giving penalty points away, but Ronnie fouls the green & Mark takes the frame. 8-5.
Frame 14: Ronnie responds with a 1 visit frame win of 131 fabulous 9-5.
Frame 15: Ronnie with another frame winning break, 87 10-5.
Frame 16: Key frame for Mark to win which he does, a 58 10-6.
Frame 17: Mark wins the last frame of the day with his highest break of the match a 62, it is 10-7 to O'Sullivan overnight.
Play resumes on Monday at 14:00 BST with the Rocket needing eight frames for
a third consecutive Crucible win.
At one stage it appeared as if O'Sullivan would run away with things after dominant breaks of 131 and 87 in the 14th and 15th frames.
But battling Selby claimed the final two frames of an intriguing second session.
Just as he had in the first session, O'Sullivan won the opening three frames of the second, although neither player was at their free-flowing best early on.
Selby went on to win the next two, with a 55 break in the 12th before an O'Sullivan foul on the final green had the Leicester potter dreaming of a way back in at 8-5.
But that was the cue for O'Sullivan to turn on the style by winning the next two frames with ease in a whirlwind 20-minute period, which included his 12th century break of the tournament.
However, he showed his trademark battling qualities and clinched the 16th with 58 and then the final frame of the day with 62, his two highest breaks of the match, to remain in contention.
Frame 12: Ronnie non-existent in this frame, Mark really needs this frame a 55 break puts him close to achieving that he gets it. 8-4 at Mid Session Interval
Frame 13: Mark leaves Ronnie needing a snooker Ronnie gets it, Mark giving penalty points away, but Ronnie fouls the green & Mark takes the frame. 8-5.
Frame 14: Ronnie responds with a 1 visit frame win of 131 fabulous 9-5.
Frame 15: Ronnie with another frame winning break, 87 10-5.
Frame 16: Key frame for Mark to win which he does, a 58 10-6.
Frame 17: Mark wins the last frame of the day with his highest break of the match a 62, it is 10-7 to O'Sullivan overnight.
Ronnie
O'Sullivan edged closer to a sixth World Snooker crown as he took a 10-7
overnight lead over Mark Selby.
At one stage it appeared as if O'Sullivan would run away with things after dominant breaks of 131 and 87 in the 14th and 15th frames.
But battling Selby claimed the final two frames of an intriguing second session.
Just as he had in the first session, O'Sullivan won the opening three frames of the second, although neither player was at their free-flowing best early on.
Selby went on to win the next two, with a 55 break in the 12th before an O'Sullivan foul on the final green had the Leicester potter dreaming of a way back in at 8-5.
But that was the cue for O'Sullivan to turn on the style by winning the next two frames with ease in a whirlwind 20-minute period, which included his 12th century break of the tournament.
However, he showed his trademark battling qualities and clinched the 16th with 58 and then the final frame of the day with 62, his two highest breaks of the match, to remain in contention.
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