{"id":7059,"date":"2026-04-27T17:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7059"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:31:15","slug":"mark-selby-slams-crucible-conditions-in-pathetic-world-snooker-championship-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7059","title":{"rendered":"Mark Selby slams Crucible conditions in &#8216;pathetic&#8217; World Snooker Championship exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273290900.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28139810\" alt=\"Halo World Championship 2026 - Day 9\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Mark Selby was not impressed with table conditions in Sheffield (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mark Selby labelled his own performance \u2018pathetic\u2019 in World Snooker Championship defeat to Wu Yize, but felt \u2018horrific\u2019 table conditions did not help.<\/p>\n<p>22-year-old Wu secured a huge 13-11 win over the four-time world champion to book a spot in the Crucible semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>It was a hard-fought contest, which saw Selby race out of the blocks with two centuries in the first two frames, but then struggle to find his best form from there on in.<\/p>\n<p>Wu did not really hit the heights either, with just five half-centuries and on tons over the match, but did enough to down the Leicester legend, who showed serious frustration late in the piece.<\/p>\n<p>The normally calm, disciplined Selby bashed his cue on the table at one stage, in an incredibly unusual scene for the 42-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>The Jester from Leicester was frustrated with himself after missing a number of balls he would not expect to, but also with the conditions at the Crucible, which he thought were well short of the standard he would expect.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tAre you snooker loopy?\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p>You&#8217;re in the right place. I&#8217;m Phil Haigh, and I cover the game we all love for <strong>Metro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In my new newsletter, The Table, I&#8217;ll be analysing the biggest talking points, breaking down frames and crowning the week&#8217;s winners and losers every Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The World Championship is here, so there&#8217;s no better time to sign up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB-MAIN-8adc.png?w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27997408\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Phil has been reporting on snooker for over a decade, since working in World Snooker&#8217;s press office in 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2018Yeah, just pathetic really,\u2019 Selby said of his own performance. \u2018First session I played some good stuff and then after that, it was rubbish. <\/p>\n<div class=\"metro-embed__twitter\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"all\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cYou never see anything like this from Selby!\u201d\ud83d\ude21Mark Selby could not hide his anger when his missed this red against China\u2019s Wu Yize.\ud83d\ude2c <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PmaMX9zGCF\">pic.twitter.com\/PmaMX9zGCF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BBC Sport (@BBCSport) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCSport\/status\/2048801998254768426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2026<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>\u2018Concentration all over the place, just in and out, I was trying different tempos and stuff. I was trying to get on with it and then I was missing a silly ball and I thought, right, just take your time and then I\u2019ll miss a silly ball and I was just all over the place in the end.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But I felt like I let the table get to me a little bit, felt like the conditions were probably as bad as I\u2019ve experienced here at the World Championship, for sure. Even the game against Jak Jones [in round one], I felt like the table was heavy and pingy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Even last night they re-covered it, so I thought, oh, I\u2019ll look forward to coming into today and I still felt it was really heavy and pingy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273290903.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28139819\" alt=\"Halo World Championship 2026 - Day 9\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Selby started brilliantly but then struggled to find form (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018But listen, obviously I still missed more than too many balls to win that match. So that\u2019s not the reason why I\u2019ve lost, but it\u2019s just disappointing to come to a tournament which is the pinnacle of our sport and you think the conditions are going to play really good and they\u2019ve played anything but.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Selby felt the same in his first round win over Jones and has called on the tournament organisers to improve conditions as the tournament moves into the quarter-finals on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My first game against Jak Jones, I felt like the table was absolutely horrific,\u2019 he said. \u2018Jak said the same to me as well. We came out and he said to me, \u201cIs it me or is the table just really heavy and bouncy?\u201d And I said, \u201cWell, yeah, it\u2019s terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272225798.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28135920\" alt=\"Halo World Snooker Championship - Day Three\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Wu Yize is into a first Crucible quarter-final (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018For all the guys left in this tournament, I just hope the conditions get better, because it\u2019s so difficult to play any kind of good snooker in them conditions. And if they don\u2019t get better and then obviously it\u2019s not going to be fantastic to watch.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Wu, who will take on Judd Trump or Hossein Vafaei in the quarter-finals, also felt conditions were tricky, but said the challenge is to adapt to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I feel like the pockets were a bit smaller compared to previous years and the cushion was a bit old,\u2019 he said. \u2018But the table is the same for everyone so you just have to adapt.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan \u2018had flight booked for morning of John Higgins defeat\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: John Higgins comeback stuns Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan in World Snooker Championship classic<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan \u2018not the same player\u2019 as John Higgins closes in at the Crucible<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card accent--snooker\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card__inner\">\n<h4>The Table<\/h4>\n<p>Stay ahead of snooker&#8217;s next big break with Metro&#8217;s resident expert Phil Haigh in his new weekly newsletter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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