Matthew Selt beats Judd Trump to win Group 5

Matthew Selt produced a well timed show of highly effective scoring to win Group 5 of Championship League Snooker on Tuesday in Leicester.

The 39 year-old received solely three out of his six round-robin fixtures, however that proved to be sufficient to see him rank within the high 4 and attain the knockout levels.

Within the group semi-finals, Selt got here from a body behind to beat Jak Jones 3-1 earlier than finishing a convincing success over Judd Trump within the ultimate.

The Englishman compiled back-to-back century breaks of 102 earlier than including a run of 95 to dominate the world primary and attain the Winners’ Group.

Prize Cash

Teams 1–7
Winner: £3,000
Runner-up: £2,000
Semi-final: £1,000
Body-win (league stage): £100
Body-win (play-offs): £300
Highest break: £500

Winners’ Group
Winner: £10,000
Runner-up: £5,000
Semi-final: £3,000
Body-win (league stage): £200
Body-win (play-offs): £300
Highest break: £1,000

Trump and Jones had topped Group 5 with a stellar report from the round-robin part on 5 victories and only one defeat apiece.

Trump was concerned in a notable match with final yr’s runner-up Joe O’Connor – the pair combining to compile 5 century breaks between them within the 5 frames that they contested.

Jones, in the meantime, scored his twenty fourth ton of this yr’s Championship League – a brand new report for a single version of knowledgeable match.

The Welshman had reached the ultimate of all 4 earlier teams within the invitational competitors however fell simply brief on this event.

Selt, who has are available for criticism these days on the again of some high-profile incidents during which his sportsmanship has been questioned, strikes ahead within the occasion as a substitute.

The previous Indian Open champion joins Hossein Vafaei, Si Jiahui, Kyren Wilson, and Mark Selby in subsequent month’s Winners’ Group.

There are simply two extra spots out there with Group 6 set to happen on Wednesday and Thursday on the Mattioli Enviornment.

Trump, Jones, O’Connor, and Tom Ford all get one other alternative on the again of their shows in Group 5.

The quartet can be joined by newcomers to the fray Jack Lisowski, David Gilbert, and Noppon Saengkham.

Former world champions Neil Robertson and Stuart Bingham had been eradicated after ending on the backside of Group 5.

The general winner of Championship League Snooker will obtain an invite to compete on the Champion of Champions subsequent season.

Schedule

Group 1: January 3–4
Hossein Vafaei
Jak Jones
Pang Junxu
Ryan Day
Chris Wakelin
Elliot Slessor
Gary Wilson

Group 2: January 6–7
Si Jiahui
Jak Jones
Ali Carter
Chris Wakelin
Robert Milkins
Ryan Day
Pang Junxu

Group 3: January 8–9
Kyren Wilson
Jak Jones
Mark Selby
Ali Carter
Chris Wakelin
Robert Milkins
Ronnie O’Sullivan

Group 4: January 10–11
Mark Selby
Jak Jones
Stuart Bingham
Joe O’Connor
Matthew Selt
Jimmy Robertson
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Group 5: January 20–21
Matthew Selt
Judd Trump
Jak Jones
Joe O’Connor
Tom Ford
Stuart Bingham
Neil Robertson

Group 6: January 22–23
Judd Trump
Jak Jones
Joe O’Connor
Tom Ford
David Gilbert
Jack Lisowski
Noppon Saengkham

Group 7: January 24–25
Xiao Guodong
Zhou Yuelong
Matthew Selt

Winners’ Group: February 3–4

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