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Mark Selby (L) of England competes during the final match against Ding Junhui of China at the 2016 World Snooker International Championship in Daqing, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 30, 2016. Mark Selby won 10-1 and claimed the title. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
DAQING, China, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- World No.1 Mark Selby crushed home favorite Ding Junhui in an unexpected 10-1 final victory at Daqing to become the fifth champion of the five-year-old World Snooker International Championship here on Sunday.
The home favorite seemed lost in the first nine-frame session in the afternoon, only claimed the victory in the fourth frame with a 70-58 advantage. Selby took an early lead 8-1 in the best-of-19 final of the tournament.
Within 30 minutes, Selby finished the night session with a 62 and a 78-point break in the tenth and eleventh frame to be the new champion at World Snooker International Championship. Ding didn' t hit a single break over 50 points in today' s final.
The Chinese superstar said at the press conference that the one-day off after his semifinal with Trump was not the reason for his performance today. He also admitted that his mind was focusing on somewhere else, not the match while refusing to say what was bothering him.
"Really, really happy to be a champion at the end of the week. Today against Ding I probably didn' t score as well as I did at the semifinal, but at the same time I didn' t give Ding easy chances, it was very difficult for him." said the delighted champion after the match.
"It would be very difficult to play your best game because you have to enjoy the game trying to play your best level. If you are not enjoying the game and your mind is somewhere else then it will always going to be the case." Selby commented on what Ding said.
The title of this tournament will absolutely secure Selby' s No. 1 position in the ranking list, but he refused to say he is the No.1 snooker player.
"No, it' s difficult. When Ronnie O' Sullivan is playing every tournament obviously he is the best player. He doesn' t play every single tournament, I play the majority of them so it shows on the ranking I am No.1 of the world right now." said Selby, " It' s not for me to say and there are a lot of good players who play the game, so it' s difficult."
