Mark Selby: Four-time world champion beats Pang Junxu to win WST Classic in Leicester

Mark Selby (left) claimed his 2nd rubric of the 2022-23 play pursuing his triumph astatine the English Open successful December

Mark Selby won 3 matches successful a time to assertion the 22nd ranking rubric of his vocation astatine the World Snooker Tour Classic successful his hometown Leicester.

The four-time satellite champion earlier defeated John Higgins 4-2 successful the quarter-finals and thrashed Ali Carter 5-0 successful the inaugural event's semis.

"I played good each time continued that successful the final," said the 39-year-old.

The Englishman raced into a 4-1 pb with runs of 104, 138 and 120 earlier sealing triumph against Pang, who was playing successful his maiden ranking-event final, and the £80,000 archetypal prize with a interruption of 79.

He besides registered a 138 successful his semi-final triumph implicit Carter, restricting his compatriot to conscionable 50 points successful a ascendant display.

World fig 2 Selby has present won 19 of his past 21 ranking finals and his triumph secured a spot astatine adjacent week's Tour Championship for the season's apical 8 players.

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