In the early morning of May 2, Beijing time, the 2017 Snooker World Championships final came to an end at the Sheffield Cruzburg Theater in the UK. In the finals, Mark Selby defeated John Higgins 18-15 with a total score, and thus became another player who successfully defended the World Championships after Hendry, O'Sullivan and Davis . In addition, Selby also set a record of bonuses for a single season and tied the record of first place in the year-end and five championships in a single season for six consecutive seasons. The final of
adopts four stages of 35 games and 18 wins, with the number of innings in each stage being 8, 9, 8 and 10 respectively. In the first stage of the game, Higgins suddenly made a strong effort after 2 draws and temporarily led 6-2 after winning five consecutive games. In the second stage of the game, Higgins once expanded the score difference 10-4. At this moment, Selby, who was awakened by dreams, chased three consecutive games, ending the competition between the two sides with a total score of 7-10.
The third stage of the two sides was held at 8 pm Beijing time on May 1st. In the first two games, Selby took action many times, and finally narrowed the score to 9-10 after winning the super score. In the 20th game, Higgins cleared the table with a single shot of 78 and blocked Selby's idea of tying the score.
However, starting from the 21st game, Selby turned on the invincible mode. He first narrowed the gap to one game 63-40 after taking action many times. In the following three games, Selby scored 67 points in a single shot, 58 points in a single shot and 72 points in a single shot, and overtook with a total score of 13-11 after the third stage.
has arrived in the fourth stage, and Selby continued his outstanding form. He took action again through the long-distance offense in the 25th game, and continued to expand the score to 14-11 after winning the super-point victory. In the 26th game, Higgins finally got two mobile phone visits when he was snooker, and tied the total score to 12-14. In the following two games, Selby first won the 71-point winning goal in the 27th game, and then took two shots in the 28th game, expanding the score to 16-12.
However, Higgins did not give up. In the defensive battle in the 29th game, he seized the opponent's mistake and scored a single shot of 88 points to reverse the victory; in the 30th game, Higgins scored another 111 points, narrowing the gap to two games again. In the 31st game, although Higgins lost the black ball after scoring 50 points in a row, Selby also failed to seize the opportunity, so Higgins got on the move again and pulled the score closer to 15-16 with 74-47. In the 32nd game of
, Selby did not give the opponent another chance to equalize the score. He went from far to the red ball bottom pocket and started to play. After scoring a single shot of 131 points, he won the match point 17-15. In the 33rd game, Selby got his excellent defense and finally won with 75 points in a single shot, thus winning his third World Championship title with a total score of 18-15, and it is also the 12th championship in his personal career rankings.
With Selby's reversal in the World Championship final, Higgins won the championship, the two players who entered the final finally locked in the top two in the year-end world rankings - Selby broke the single-season bonus record of billiards Emperor Hendry with £859,550 and ranked first in the world for six consecutive years with £1298,425. It is worth mentioning that this also tied the record of Ray Rilton's 's six consecutive years of top spot in the 1970s, second only to Davis (7 consecutive seasons) and Hendry (8 consecutive seasons). Higgins, who won the runner-up, ranked second with a prize of £563,000.
Although he was eliminated in the first round, the English star Trump still ranks third in the world with a prize of 538,000 pounds. Ding Junhui (510,950 pounds) and Hawkins (395,250 pounds) who reached the semi-finals of the World Championships ranked fourth and fifth. Ranking 6-10 are Fu Jiajun (£393,625), Robertson (£357,359), Murphy (£357,350), Bingham (£313,762) and Mark Allen (£307,650). In addition, another Chinese player, Liang Wenbo, , ranked 11th with £305,500, and "Rockets" O'Sullivan, ranked 14th with £298,750.
