Mark Selby in danger of missing Players Championship as Shoot Out winner Hossein Vafaei secures spot in top-16 event
World champion Mark Selby has work to do at the German Masters in Berlin this week if he wants to secure his spot at the prestigious Players Championship next month. Second seed Selby opens his campaign on Thursday in the German capital against world number 112 Barry Pinches knowing he is likely to at least reach the quarter-finals of an event he won in 2015 to keep alive his hopes of qualifying for the Players in Wolverhampton (7-13 February).