The first semi-final has come to an end, John Higgins is going to fight for the title this year, for the third time in his career. John won the trophy only once and is going now for another attempt at the world title, but who’s he going to fight?

We are now watching the Shaun Murphy - Mark Selby semi-final and the score is 15-14 in what has been a very well balanced match up until now. They do show nerves of steel in this 29th frame as selby needed snookers to win and got the points but, even if they’re in the colors, the frame is far from ended. It’s pretty dramatic if you think about it. Both Higgins and Murphy won the title once, you might say they are entitled, Higgins will be nr.1 for next year three days from now, no matter what, anyway… But then again, if Selby is to go to the finals, and win… we’ll get to see next year if the Crucible curse will strike again.

The frame has ended and Shaun Murphy is now only one frame away from victory while Mark Selby has to win two frames to put the game into a tied situation and allow us to enjoy an exciting decisive frame.

The last 4 frames were dramatic, Shaun Murphy was in the lead 16-14 after an awful kick. Then Mark Selby made an incredible, extremely dramatic, come-back in the next two frames, many safety shots were played and the tension was incredible, at any point the match could have ended. But it didn’t, he held on and sent the match in it’s final frame and resurrected his fans hopes.

The last frame looked easy for Mark at first, after Shaun made a mistake and allowed Mark a long shot that he took and successfully potted the red. Mark got to the last ball he needed to mathematically win the match but wasn’t able to pot it, the game got really tense then, Shaun needed snookers to win but he knew he had a chance. In the end Mark won and is heading to the final and will play against John Higgins.

There isn’t a likely winner in the final this year, of course John has the edge, he is nr.1 after all… but he may not have forgotten the defeat suffered in the first round at Sheffield last year when he played…. [drama goes here] … Mark Selby and lost 10-4… This final may be a good opportunity for John to clear his name but may as well be a reiteration of that game, I can’t say. But we’ll see tomorrow and the day after, whose name will stand engraved on the trophy from now on.

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