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Dominant Selby too good for Hendry

Mark Selby required just two final-session frames to defeat Stephen Hendry © Getty Images

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Stephen Hendry's bid for an eighth Snooker World Championship ended at the second round stage as he fell to a 13-5 defeat against Mark Selby.

Selby won nine of the ten frames played on Monday to set up a quarter-final clash against Ronnie O'Sullivan - a repeat of this year's Masters final, which Selby won.

The pair started the day locked together at four frames all, but a fluent 96 from Selby took "The Jester From Leicester" into the lead and he moved further ahead in the 10th.

Hendry had a chance to get a foothold in the 11th but some sloppy play enabled Selby to take his fifth frame on the spin. A nightmare session for the Scot was completed when Selby stole the 12th to move ahead 8-4.

Hendry hit back in the first frame after the interval, but a 117 from Selby - his 41st career century - restored his four-frame cushion. Confidence was coursing through Selby and he reeled off a quickfire 99 in the next.

Hendry's session was summed up in the final frame, as he knocked in a superb long red but missed a relatively simple black and Selby stepped in to extend his advantage to 11-5 ahead of the final session.

At the start of the final session, Selby moved within one frame of victory as Hendry passed up the opportunity he was offered at 49-0 behind. Selby pushed a straightforward red wide, but Hendry could fare no better when presented with an opportunity to sink the same ball. On his return to the table, Selby closed out the frame comfortably.

Hendry now required a herculean effort if he was to secure an improbable triumph. After he handed Selby the opening 16 points in the 18th frame with a serious of fouls, it became clear that a spectacular fightback was beyond his grasp. So it proved - Selby closed out the match to seal a thoroughly-deserved win.

Talking about his last-eight match against O'Sullivan, Selby told the BBC: "To play Ronnie in any tournament is a great feeling for me, I looked up to him as a kid growing up. It'll be a tough game, Ronnie seemed really focused and up for it against Mark Williams I think it'll be the same against me tomorrow."

Shaun Murphy edged past Ding Junhui © Getty Images

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Shaun Murphy won the second and third sessions of his match with Ding Junhui to edge past his opponent 13-10 in a tense battle.

Murphy trailed 5-3 heading into the second session, but a 73 followed by a century enabled the 2005 champion to draw level. Ding took a scrappy 11th frame and an attritional 12th as Murphy went in-off off the brown and handed the frame to Ding.

The next three frames were traded - leaving Ding one frame ahead - and he had a chance to secure a cushion heading into the final session, but missed a pink. Murphy stepped in to level the match once again at 8-8.

As the final session reached its halfway interval, both players had claimed two frames each to leave the score at 10-10. Murphy was looking the more comfortable of the two players - he put together a run of 137 in the 19th frame to briefly tilt the balance in his favour, before Ding immediately hit back to restore parity.

Murphy took his game up a gear after the mid-session interval, claiming three successive frames to close out the victory. He set up a quarter-final tie against Ali Carter with a fluent run of 128 in the 23rd - a fitting end to a terrific contest.

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