Snooker news - Mark Selby sees off Robert Milkins, Barry Hawkins crashes out
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ByEurosport
Updated 30/10/2018 at 17:46 GMT
World number one Mark Selby progressed to the third round of the International Championship on Tuesday as he beat Robert Milkins 6-4.
World number one Mark Selby.
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Selby has struggled for consistency so far this season, losing early at the English Open, but he opened up against The Milkman with a break of 57.
Milkins levelled but Selby responded with back-to-back century breaks of 102 and 131.
The former world champion made it 4-1 before Milkins finally knocked in a ton of his own with a break of 112 and he then closed the gap to 4-3.
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Selby cruises past Milkins at International Championship
However Selby held his nerve to secure the last two frames he needed to make it into the next round where he will face Stuart Carrington who came from 5-1 down to beat Ian Burns 6-5.
Earlier in the day tenth seed Mark Allen knocked in a tournament-high break of 146 on his way to a 6-3 victory over Hossein Vafaei.
Judd Trump is also through after he beat Michael Holt 6-1 but fifth seed Barry Hawkins is out following a 6-3 defeat to Martin Gould.
Trump will face Yan Bingtao in the next round after he defeated Ryan Day 6-5.
International Championship Second Round Results
Mark Selby 6-4 Robert Milkins
Mark Allen 6-3 Hossein Vafaei
Ding Junhui 6-4 Zhao Xintong
Yuan Sijun 6-1 Xiao Guodong
Judd Trump 6-1 Michael Holt
Alfie Burden 6-0 David Lilley
Sunny Akani 6-4 Zhou Yuelong
David B Gilbert 6-5 Eden Sharav
Matthew Stevens 6-5 Mark King
Yan Bingtao 6-5 Ryan Day
Ali Carter 6-4 Stephen Maguire
Martin Gould 6-3 Barry Hawkins
Martin O'Donnell 6-0 Tom Ford
Jack Lisowski 6-3 Marco Fu
Neil Robertson 6-5 Joe Perry
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