Selby leads Ding 10-7 at snooker worlds final
Xinhua, May 2, 2016 Adjust font size:
China's Ding Junhui fought back from 6-0 down to trail world number one Mark Selby 10-7 after the first day's competition in the finals of the snooker world championship here on Sunday.
Selby, the 2014 champion, took a commanding lead but Ding managed to win the last two frames in the first session to make it 6-2.
Selby then won the opening frame of the second session with a break of 34 after Ding had missed a red to a center pocket.
The Englishman suffered an unfortunate miscue and Ding made a counter-attacking 76 break.
The Chinese star followed it up with a century, his 13th of the tournament, and a break of 89 to reduce the deficit to 7-5.
Ding grabbed two of the next three, including 15th frame which lasted 66 minutes to make it 8-7.
Selby regained form to take the last two frames of the session for a 10-7 lead into the second day's battle.
The third session will be held on Monday afternoon and the winner will be decided in the fourth session in the evening. Endit