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Mark Selby makes World Snooker Championship history with first 147 maximum break in a Crucible final

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Mark Selby made history by making the first 147 maximum break in a World Championship final against Luca Brecel at the Crucible Theatre on Sunday night.

Selby is the second player to make a 147 at this year’s tournament at the Crucible after Kyren Wilson made one in the first round.

The pair will share the £40,000 prize for a maximum break. Ad It was also Selby’s first maximum break at the World Championship as he joined Wilson, Neil Robertson, John Higgins, Stephen Hendry, Ali Carter, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Williams, Jimmy White and Cliff Thorburn as the nine other players in the illustrious list.

World ChampionshipSelby: Opening up about suicidal thoughts and getting help was ‘biggest achievement’3 HOURS AGO In 2008, O’Sullivan and Carter made 147s at the same World Championship, so the feat has been repeated for a second time in 2023. “Magnificent Mark Selby!” acclaimed Eurosport commentator Philip Studd. “History made.

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Mark Selby has told Eurosport that speaking about having suicidal thoughts and getting help for his depression was his «biggest achievement» — more than anything else in his illustrious career. The 39-year-old, who is playing in the final of the World Championship against Luca Brecel, admitted that his victory at the English Open «meant everything» but that speaking out about his mental health was bigger than anything he has achieved in snooker. Ad Selby revealed last year that he had been “suffering for a few years” with depression and “bottling everything up” – but felt at the time as though “half the battle is won” after having spoken out about what he was going through.
Luca Brecel powered into a 6-2 lead over Mark Selby in the World Championship final as he laid a marker on his opponent to play the match on his own terms. The biggest match on the snooker calendar was built up as a battle between the fast, flowing style of Brecel and the tactical, slower Selby, who is playing in his sixth Crucible final.

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