Mark Selby fights off Hammad Miah in scrappy match to reach the last 16 of Northern Ireland Open

20.10.2022 - 00:31 eurosport.com

Mark Selby left Hammad Miah extremely frustrated in a scrappy contest as he took a 4-2 victory to reach the last 16 at the Northern Ireland Open.

Miah had chances to win every frame, but couldn’t take them and was punished for his mistakes which meant he was 3-0 down after losing two frames on the final black.

Ad He fought back to 3-2, but lost the next frame to Selby, who will play Michael White in the next round on Thursday. Northern Ireland Open'Are you John Higgins in disguise?'AN HOUR AGO Miah was looking good to win the opening frame with a 54-point lead, but Selby got back in after some safety errors from his opponent.

The second frame was also scrappy, except this time Selby found himself needing a snooker. He got it straight away by rolling up behind the brown, with Miah needing to hit the green which he missed.

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