English Open 2020 - Mark Selby defeats Zhou Yuelong to reach semi-finals

ByAlexander Netherton

Updated 16/10/2020 at 14:29 GMT

English snooker's Mark Selby qualified for the semi-finals of the English Open in Milton Keynes after a comfortable 5-2 win over Zhou Yuelong which saw him win four frames on the bounce.

Mark Selby defeated Zhou Yuelong 5-2 to reach the semi-finals of the English Open.

Selby took the day's first frame but Yuelong quickly levelled the scores, before a break of 51 took him to a 66-59 win to take the lead.

That would be his last success of the day.

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Selby scored two fifty-plus breaks in the fourth frame to make it 2-2, before scrappy wins in the next two frames left him one from victory.

A break of 56 helped him reach 87 in the seventh frame, with Yuelong unable to make a dent on the scoreboard.

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