Impressive King Holds Off Selby

Mark King battled into the second round of the World Championship with a 10-8 win over Mark Selby.

King trailed 5-4 overnight but rattled the 2007 runner-up by taking the first four frames on Tuesday morning.

Selby belatedly rediscovered his potting form to reduce the deficit to 8-7, only to miss an easy black that allowed King to close in on victory.

Another tense frame allowed Selby to delay the inevitable before King crossed the line after a break of 71.

"It's a little bit disappointing but I don't think over the two days I've really performed," admitted Selby.

"Take nothing away from Mark, every time he got a chance he punished me.

"Over the two days I think he was the better player and deserved to win.

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Frame scores (King first): 48-55 (55) 61-47 60-70 69-35 (58) 8-88 112-0 (112) 9-76 (76) 80-18 (55) 57-70 72-42 73-0 (73) 64-1 71-20 (63) 20-83 4-108 (108) 116-17 (116) 27-53 71-23