Mark Selby whitewashes Ali Carter to reach WST Classic snooker final

Mark Selby buried Ali Carter under a barrage of breaks to reach the final of the WST Classic in Leicester with a 5-0 whitewash in a one-sided semi-final. The four-time world champion is chasing a first ranking title in his home city and produced a relentless display of scoring with knocks of 95, 138, 65 and 89 enough to book his spot in the inaugural Classic final at 7pm UK time on Wednesday night.

Ad Carter has a few days to regroup before the German Masters champion travels to Hull for the elite eight-man Tour Championship (March 27-April 2) – the final ranking event before the 47th World Championship breaks off next month (April 15-May 1). Snooker'I'll be back at Crucible' – On-song White vows to return to snooker's biggest stageYESTERDAY AT 12:26 21-time ranking event winner Selby is up to fifth on the one-year ranking list and could overtake Carter as third seed at the Tour Championship if he claims the £80,000 first prize at the Morningside Arena.

He will face Jimmy White's last-16 conqueror Pang Junxu or Scottish Open champion Gary Wilson in the final. Latest WST Classic results Final (7pm UK time, best of 11 frames) Mark Selby v Gary Wilson/Pang Junxu Semi-finals (2:30pm UK time, best of nine frames) Gary Wilson 3-3 Pang Junxu Ali Carter 0-5 Mark Selby Quarter-finals (10am UK time, best of seven frames) Gary Wilson 4-1 Lukas Kleckers Pang Junxu 4-3 Oliver Lines Stuart Bingham 2-4 Ali Carter John Higgins 2-4 Mark Selby Quarter-final report Mark Selby maintained his push for a first ranking title in his home city of Leicester with a 4-2 win over John Higgins in the WST Classic quarter-finals.