Posted on Tuesday, 6 May 2014 Mark Selby beats Ronnie O'Sullivan 18-14 in thrilling final - Snooker World Championships 2014
Mark Selby wanted his Bank Holiday Monday until long after his Leicester City team celebrate promotion to the Premier League. Instead, he took the next best thing : he has all the snooker world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan beat 18-14 final in a very exceptional .
With this victory was a double fist pump and shout of triumph, celebrated the 30 -year-old finished one of the determined back in the history of the tournament. On Sunday night he looked finished , exhausted , purged ; one point behind with 10 frames to five; 24 hours later he carried the full beam smile the world champion with a check for £ 300,000 in his pocket. What a performance , what a turnaround , a victory ; one he had to wait 14 years to deliver .
"My father died when I was 16 , two months before I pro," he said , currently choked with the feeling of victory. "His last words to me were the world title. , I have promised him I would . Way it is for him."
If it's a victory for his father , it is hard won. Until now, O'Sullivan has never looked anything but peaceful in the world five finals , in which he participated . He bullied his opponents into submission with the sparkling nature of his offensive game . In his last two victories at the Crucible he has a 10-7 lead in the last day and sped off , surfing on the wave of enthusiasm pouring from his fans . So it came about that when he killed owned a 10-7 advantage all came expects the story to follow : it is only a matter of time before the rocket by Steve Davis and Ray Reardon as six was - Master.
But that is not for Selby, an opponent with all adhesive properties of nuns account. Brilliant hunting O'Sullivan the mistakes he checked and eventually persuaded overwhelmed the champion. O'Sullivan was gracious in defeat.
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