After defeating Mark Selby in the Group 2 championship match on Friday night at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, Chris Wakelin was added to Stuart Bingham’s Champions’ Group. Selby will now concentrate on the Masters, which begins this weekend. Watch live snooker action, including the Masters, on Eurosport.com, the Eurosport app, and discovery+.
After defeating Mark Selby 3-2 in the Group 2 championship match, Chris Wakelin secured his spot in the Championship League’s Winners’ Group.
In Group 2, Selby demonstrated impressive snooker skills, scoring a total of seven hundreds. However, Wakelin capitalized on mistakes made by Selby and complemented them with superb table skills to win
After the first day, Kyren Wilson was in the lead, but Wakelin defeated him 3-1 in the semifinals.
To guarantee his spot in the semifinals, Selby needed to win his last group match, which he won 3-1 against Wakelin.
After that victory, Selby faced Ali Carter in the last four, and he won 3-1 thanks to some incredible snooker.
He scored a run of 63, a break of 120 to start the game, and a knock of 132 to close it out 3-1.
