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| Mark Selby. Photo: Warren Little/Getty Images |
Mark Selby fought hard to defend his World Championship title over another Snooker great John Higgins...
Mark Selby has been world number 1 for 2 years and is going to be world number 1 for the foreseeable future...
It is his 3rd crown in 4 years as he made a comeback to win 18-12...
Selby was 10-4 down and came up to 9 frames out of 10 to lead 13-11...
In modern era Snooker Championships Selby is the 4th in history to claim back to back victories...The other players were Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan...
Selby remains number 1 in 116th consecutive weeks and he won a record 375,000 pounds in prize money...
"I can't believe it, I'm still pinching myself now" said Selby...
"From 10-4 to get to 10-7 yesterday, I was over the moon as I had nothing left. He outplayed me yesterday. Today I came back fresh and I was a lot better."
"Mark is granite, just granite" said Higgins a 4 times champion.
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