Selby was also eliminated at the snooker World Cup, he is thinking about retirement

The four-time world champion Mark Selby the World Cup rookie With Joe O’Connor met and fell behind 7-2 on Sunday. From there, he caught up to 8-6 on Monday afternoon, but the Englishman kept his cool after that and finished the match.

Selby had already raised the possibility of retirement a month ago and spoke about it again after the game.

“I sit down with my wife and we discuss what to do. It’s a big decision, especially from a mental point of view, because I haven’t enjoyed the game for a long time, even though that would be the point. But for me, every match is a life-and-death battle, it’s too stressful and often too crampy” Selby said.

Shaun Murphy He defeated China’s Liu Hao-tien 10-5, and then honestly expressed his opinion about Iran’s Hossein Vafaei, who said after his first-round defeat that he would prefer never to return to the Crucible Theater in Sheffield, which hosts the world championships. According to Vafaei, the location of the tournament is outdated, he called the building smelly and unworthy of the World Cup, he compared the training hall to a garage.

“The World Cup has been held here for almost fifty years, it is a shrine to which we return year after year. We English feel its importance, such a statement is sacrilegious, but for those who did not grow up here, it is not so important, it is a cultural difference Murphy said. – This is the sacred place of snooker, and every player must respect it. If Hossein doesn’t want to come here anymore, don’t come!”

Ronnie O’Sullivan, in response to a journalist’s question before Vafaei, said he is not sticking to Sheffield as a World Cup venue, but the sport’s leaders know when to step up and even move the competition to the Middle East.

“The World Cup’s place in the Crucible is beyond dispute Murphy continued. – Of course, I know that it is not ideal from an economic point of view, since ten times as many tickets could be sold for the final, and it is strange that the biggest tournament is in the smallest venue. But I don’t think anyone except Hossein and Ronnie would move him from here.”

WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP, SHEFFIELD
ROUND 1
Shaun Murphy (England, 8th)–Lju Hao-tien (Chinese, 26) 10 to 5
Mark Selby (English, 5th)–Joe O’Connor (England, 30th) 6–10
Gary Wilson (England, 10th)–Stuart Bingham (England, 29) 5–10
Mark Williams (Welsh, 6th)-Zhe Jia-hui (China, 23rd) 5-4 – partial result

FIRST ROUND MATCHING (according to branch diagram)
Luca Brecel (Belgian, 1st)–David Gilbert (English, 31) 9–10
Robert Milkins (English, 16th)–Pang Chun-hsu (Chinese, 27th)

Ali Carter (English, 9th)–Stephen Maguire (Scotland, 28) 7-10
Shaun Murphy (England, 8th)–Lju Hao-tien (Chinese, 26) 10 to 5

Mark Selby (English, 5th)–Joe O’Connor (England, 30th) 6–10
Kyren Wilson (England, 12th)-Dominic Dale (Wales, 40th)

John Higgins (Scotland, 13th) – Jamie Jones (Wales, 41st)
Mark Allen (Northern Ireland, 4th)-Robbie Williams (England, 45th)

Judd Trump (English, 3rd)– Hossein Vafaei (Iranian, 19th) 10 to 5
Tom Ford (English, 14.)—Ricky Walden (English, 32nd) 10 to 6

Chiang An-ta (Chinese, 11.)–Jak Jones (Wales, 44) 4–10
Mark Williams (Welsh, 6th)–Zhe Chiahu (Chinese, 23rd)

Ting Chun-hui (Chinese, 7th)-Jack Lisowski (English, 17th)
Gary Wilson (England, 10th)–Stuart Bingham (England, 29) 5–10

Barry Hawkins (England, 15th) – Ryan Day (Wales, 18th)
Ronnie O’Sullivan (England, 2nd) – Jackson Page (Wales, 43rd)