Following his defeat to Gary Wilson in the Tour Championship, four-time world champion Mark Selby made threats to give up
snooker and called his victory “embarrassing.”
Wilson’s 105 clearance to win 10-8, but both players were quite critical of their performance in Manchester.
Selby said to ITV4, “I mean, I was pathetic really, from start to finish.” “Probably one of the worst professional games I have ever
participated in.” Unquestionably at the top.
“Yeah, I won’t be enjoying it and I will definitely choose a different career if I carry on playing like that.”Gary performed well on
Monday and earned his 5-3 lead; neither of us played well in the second session. Neither of us had a fantastic game today. I thought
everything matched. I was due to lose. I’m going to give the World Championship a shot, but I won’t stick around if I keep playing that
way.
Before facing Zhang Anda in the quarterfinals, Wilson feels he needs to do better, saying to ITV4: “I’m not sure how I won, to be
honest.” Simply put, I’m relieved Mark didn’t play well because I was embarrassing.
“Yesterday, the cue action wasn’t even there. It might have appeared a little better, but I knew deep down that I was having trouble.” I
just attempted to plug away, hitting everything really quickly and snatchily.
Wilson retorted, “Incorrect,” when reminded that he had made breaks of 95, 98, 78, and 101 in gaining a 5-3 lead from Monday’s
opening session.
“Even though I wasn’t cueing well at all, I can still score.” That was hurting, and it hurt much more today. I missed a lot of easy balls
and gave him a lot of opportunities and lifelines as a result.
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