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Three-time winner Mark Selby leads World Snooker Championship final against Shaun Murphy
- Selby opens up a three-frame lead over 2005 champions Murphy as concluding day of play looms
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Mark Selby stayed on course for a fourth World Snooker Championship title on Sunday when he opened up a 10-7 lead in the final against Shaun Murphy at the Crucible.
Selby, the champion in 2014, 2016 and 2017, won the last four frames of the evening in the best-of-35 frame final which concludes on Monday.
He had trailed 4-6 and 6-7 before hitting back with impressive breaks of 67, 86, 57 and 90.
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“I felt a bit edgy at the start, it’s a world final and I was trying that extra bit harder and Shaun started off a lot better than me,” Selby told the BBC.
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“Every final I have been to I have always felt really tired going into it but I have dug in today, grafted when I needed to and managed to get myself a lead.”
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