Snooker's world champion Mark Selby admits he was lucky not to lose his toe after dropping "a big piece of glass" on his foot during practice.
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The Leicester cueman, who claimed his third Crucible crown back in May, has missed the start of the new season due to a broken toe but is set to return later this month.
Selby, 34, spent three weeks with a special boot on his foot after suffering the freak injury at home in his snooker room.
The world number one said: "I was in my snooker room when I dropped a big piece of glass on my foot. I knew I’d done something bad so I went to hospital, they did an X-Ray and said I’d broken my big toe. The doctor actually said I was lucky not to lose the toe.
"I had to wear a special protective boot for three weeks and they said it would take four to six weeks to heal. So I was hobbling around at home for a while.
I had to pull out of the Riga Masters but I’m lucky it didn’t happen at a busier time of the season or just before the World Championship. I could still have played by limping around the table but it would have been difficult."
