Paul Hunter Classic: Mark Selby reaches last 16


Defending champion Mark Selby came from 3-1 down to beat Joe Swail 4-3 and reach the last 16 of the Paul Hunter Classic on Saturday.

When Selby (pictured above) lost the fourth frame on a respotted black, he needed to win the final three frames but did so in impressive fashion courtesy of breaks of 66, 82 and 51 to set up a clash with Michael White.

Kyren Wilson was the eyecatcher of the day as he romped to three 4-0 wins, beating Kurt Dunham, Jamie Curtis-Barrett and Alan McManus in Germany.

"It’s tough here in Fürth because it’s humid so we have to get used to the conditions. But I have played well in all three matches," he said on the official World Snooker website, before revealing he planned to play a full schedule in the coming weeks despite being due to become a father to a second child in the near future.

Wilson will play Ian Burns in the last 16 on Sunday.

Round six results

Gary Wilson 4-1 Andy Symons
Michael Georgiou 3-4 Chris Wakelin
Peter Lines 4-1 Paul Davison
Dominic Dale 2-4 Jamie Jones
Stuart Carrington 1-4 Ben Woollaston
Jamie Cope 0-4 Tom Ford
Shaun Murphy 4-0 Ken Doherty
Zhao Xintong 4-2 Craig Steadman
Alan McManus 0-4 Kyren Wilson
Ian Burns 4-0 Joe O'Connor
Mike Dunn 0-4 Michael White
Joe Swail 3-4 Mark Selby
David Gilbert 3-4 George Pragnall
Mitchell Mann 4-1 Oliver Brown
Matthew Stevens 1-4 Mark Joyce
Peter Ebdon 1-4 Mark King

Round seven matches

Gary Wilson v Chris Wakelin
Peter Lines v Jamie Jones
Ben Woollaston v Tom Ford
Shaun Murphy v Zhao Xintong
Kyren Wilson v Ian Burns
Michael White v Mark Selby
George Pragnall v Mitchell Mann
Mark Joyce v Mark King

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Results and schedule
Latest Paul Hunter Classic odds

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