In the 2023 ** Croatia-British Championship 1 4 finals, Trump vs. Selby, which attracted much attention. In the end, Trump eliminated Selby 6-3 and became the third player to advance to the top 4 (O'Sullivan and Wafei had previously advanced). At the same time, Ding Junhui is fighting hard with Mark Williams. Selby and Judd Trump are both world champions and Grand Slam winners, and the two have shown great strength in this tournament.
Selby swept Mark Joyce 6-0 in the first round, and fought Hawkins to the deciding game in the second round, and finally narrowly won 6-5 to advance to the quarterfinals. Trump, on the other hand, was on a hot form, dropping only two games in the first two rounds: a 6-1 victory over Pang Junxu and a 6-0 victory over Jamie Jones. According to statistics, the two have met 37 times before, with Trump having a slight advantage of 20-17, and this is their first meeting in the British Championship.
In this much-watched matchup of the favorites to win the championship, the outcome is still in suspense. In the first game, Trump scored 100 points to stretch the score to 1-0. In the second game, although both men had a chance to win the game, Selby's key mistake allowed Trump to take another game 72-61 to bring the score to 2-0.
In the third and fourth games, Trump scored 93 points and 52 points in a single stroke in a row, winning two games in a row to lead 4-0. In the fifth game after the break, Selby scored 60 points in a single stroke and chased the score to 1-4. In the sixth game, Trump scored 95 points again to stretch the score to 5-1. In the seventh game, Selby scored 72-4 to tie the score to 2-5.
In the eighth game of the next game, Selby saved a match point again with a single stroke of 98 points, pulling the score to 3-5. In the end, Trump narrowly defeated his opponent in the ninth game and advanced 6-3.