MATT SELT believes he is better placed to do some damage at the Crucible this year than on his debut appearance at the theatre of dreams two years ago.
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JIMMY White is no stranger to heartbreak when it comes to the Betfred World Championship and there was more agony for him in Monday night’s penultimate qualifier against Matt Selt.
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Matt Selt’s win in Group Two of the Championship League after being a late call-up to plug a gap in the seven-man line-up was a heartwarming tale…except possibly for Ben Woollaston.
The Leicester player was one of those that might technically have got the call ahead of Selt on rankings position, and was left underwhelmed by being passed over.
Selt’s ultimate victory and passage into the winners’ group continued his recent good form but is unlikely to have made world No36 Woollaston feel any better about the situation.
SELT BROUGHT BACK DOWN TO EARTH
Matt Selt is a pretty big noise among the snooker golfing fraternity, with a handicap of just six from his days as a regular at The Mere club in Cheshire. Snooker’s world No56 regularly crosses swords with seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry on the fairways and the pair also make a mean partnership in the commentators’ challenges.
But Selt was brought back down to earth with a jolt on Tuesday in Sheffield. First he played World Snooker press chief Ivan Hirschowitz and lost three times – a front-nine Stableford, a back-nine matchplay, and a last-hole double or quits.
Then in the evening Selt was hanging out with Hendry and Steve Davis in the Mercure bar – just the 13 world titles between them – and was approached by a couple of fans who asked him to move away and take a picture of them with the baize legends.