The 40-year-old was ruled out after breaks of 65, 91, 81, 105 and 59 as the world number one was forced to sit out most of the competition.Selby has had a quiet season. but showed some signs of a return to form in the opening round win against Barry Hawkins, but few would have expected his level of performance against the Rocket.The world number one had won 16 matches in a row before this match, but came up short on goal . When you look against your old rival, when he suffered a rare whitewash to Ronnie in every tournament, any result is a big win,” Selby said on ITV4. “To do him the way I did, the way I won, safety was important. . good long game was good.’Very very satisfied. Towards the end of the game against Hawkins, I felt like I had some confidence. hit the ball a lot better, see shots a lot better and be a little more positive. I just managed to carry it to today’s game. ‘The match got off to a strange start in the very first frame O’ Sullivan missed the red three times despite seeing the other reds in full.This should be a frame loss but the referee has to warn the player after two misses and Desislava Bozhilova forgot to do that.Without a good defensive shot, O’Sullivan hit a bunch of reds and hoped for the best, which didn’t come..
