In the early morning of February 23, Beijing time, the second round of the snooker European Masters, the world's No. 1 Selby and last year's Welsh Open champion Jordan Brown staged a focus battle. In the end, after eight rounds of competition, the world's No. 1 upset was out! 3-5, Selby's journey to defend his title is over!
This season, Selby is in extremely average form, although still ranked first in the world, but Selby has suffered a single season of 0 crown embarrassment, and because the single season is in the top 16, Selby also missed the previous player championship qualification, if this downturn continues, Selby will miss more heavyweight events.
Sure enough, in this game, Selby was still in poor shape. In the first set, Jordan Brown quickly entered the form and blasted a single shot to break 118 points to win. In the second set, Selby equalised the general score 86-46 with multiple starts.
Jordan Brown, on the other hand, appeared to be hot, and in the third set, he hit a single shot with 67 points to win. Without the ability to score continuously, Selby could only rely on his grinding skills to maneuver with his opponents, and it was another multi-shot start, Selby won the fourth set 58-26, tenaciously chasing the general score to a 2-2 draw, ending the first half.
In the second half, Jordan Brown scored 55 points to win the fifth set 70-6. Finally, in the sixth inning, Selby scored the first single shot of the game to win 128 points! For the third time, the General Bureau was evenly matched.
In the seventh set, Jordan Brown won 70-12, again taking the lead in the overall score. In the eighth set, Selby suffered a fatal reversal with a sharp lead, jordan Brown won, and the big score was 5-3 to eliminate Selby to advance to the next round of 32. Selby was very disappointed, 3-5 out of the game, defending the title of the dream shattered!