UK Championship snooker 2020 LIVE - Mark Selby in late action along with Joe Perry

Updated 02/12/2020 at 23:04 GMT

UK Championship 2020 LIVE - The big names continued to fall on Tuesday as Mark Williams was dumped out by Ricky Walkden. The fourth round continues as at 7pm, it's the turn of Mark Selby as he takes on Barry Hawkins. Watch live on Eurosport, eurosport.co.uk and the Eurosport app.

Mark Selby in action at the UK Championship

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Mark Selby is through to the quarter-finals

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Get tuned in on Friday afternoon, because Mark Selby will be taking on Neil Robertson in the quarter-finals. In his post-match interview Selbz says he's disappointed to have fallen over the line. It may well have dragged at the end, but beforehand he was fantastic; three centuries and a 77 are evidence of a player coming into form and with a serious chance of winning the trophy on Sunday. Ultimately, Barry Hawkins just couldn't stay with him tonight.

Selby 6-3 Hawkins

Hawkins tries a very thin cut on a red just above the black, and he’s overcut another one; he’s also left it there for Selby, and this will be it. The red goes, followed by the black, a red and a yellow, and it’s over. Mark Selby has won.

Selby 5-3 Hawkins (51-1)

It’s an additional 26 for Selby, and when position becomes impossible, he sends the white back to baulk. He’s got a big lead, but there’s still 67 on here. It then becomes a 50 point lead with 59 left when he wallops in another red, after which he has no other shot on but putting pink safe.

Selby 5-3 Hawkins (37-1)

Hawkins has a look at a red to the bottom left. It’s a thin one, and he overcuts it; not only that he’s left Selby on a red to the green pocket. He might not win the frame at this visit but there’s enough to play on to take a commanding lead.

Selby 5-3 Hawkins (24-1)

We’re bogged down in safety here and this table has got very messy. There are nine reds left and it’s all deadweight followed by back to baulk safety right now.

Selby 5-3 Hawkins (24-1)

The first chance of the ninth goes to Hawkins, as he rolls a red into the left middle but leaves the white stuck to the yellow and that’s end of break. Selby can’t develop a chance of his own either, stunning a red into the bottom right but failing to land on the pink. He’s in again now though, and it’s a big chance for frame and match; if he can just shift one awkward red away from the black he’ll be looking good here. He can't clip a red into the bottom left from the bottom of the pack though, and his break ends on 23. Fortunately, he's left nothing for Hawkins.

Selby 5-3 Hawkins

The free ball, brown and blue go, and Hawkins takes the eighth frame.

Selby 5-2 Hawkins (33-57)

Hawkins needs green and brown here, and then green goes down when he swerves around the blue to clip it into the bottom right. He then full ball snookers Selby behind the blue; Selby misses, and gives four points and a free ball away! That should be that.

Selby 5-2 Hawkins (33-50)

Selby leaves Hawkins a chance of a red to the green pocket with the rest, and it’s there. Hawkins then follows that by missing a simple blue to the right middle! That one might sting in a few minutes, as Selby soon tidies up the last two reds with colours. Yellow to green is the key shot and Selby can’t shift the latter when potting the former, so Hawkins gets another chance.

Selby 5-2 Hawkins (21-49)

Selby can only add five. We have three reds left, two of which are cushion-based, so we could be a while on this one.

Elsewhere Joe Perry is through, he's beaten Jamie Jones 6-3 on the other table.

Selby 5-2 Hawkins (16-49)

There are six reds left on the table, and Hawkins brings three into open play when a safety shot goes all kinds of wrong. There are still two welded to cushions, so it’s unlikely that Selby will clear the lot in one go here, but he sets about getting right back into the frame. It abruptly goes wrong on 12 though when he can’t land on his red of choice and misses a difficult cut on an alternative instead. That’s left Hawkins in; but he can add just one before a horrendous miscue when trying to play for the brown puts Selby back in. He’s laughing about it, for what else can you do, but it’s another look for Selby.

Selby 5-2 Hawkins (0-48)

Hawkins cuts a thin red into the left middle, but he’s undercooked the positional shot and he can’t land on the pink. Rather than risk a long blue, he plays safe off the green instead and his break is done on 48.

Selby 5-2 Hawkins (0-13)

What has Hawkins got left? A double to right middle to leave himself on the black, that’s what! That’s a nice shot and he affects a reasonable split on the pack of reds when potting the black soon after. Hawkins needs a good recovery pot after his next red, with a thin cut on brown to the green pocket, and he makes it. This is now a good chance.

Selby 5-2 Hawkins

It’s back to back centuries for Selby, who clocks up 106 before missing the yellow with the rest. He now leads by three frames.

Selby 4-2 Hawkins (69-1)

Selby is soon over the half-century mark and there could be another ton on here. The tenth red takes him to 69, and Hawkins needs snookers already. He’ll be one frame away from the quarter-finals shortly.

Selby 4-2 Hawkins (22-1)

Hawkins thumps in the first red of the seventh frame, right into the heart of the bottom right, but pulls up short of position on the pink and misses it with the rest to the same pocket. He’s left Selby an easy starter. The break reaches 22 with a pink off the brown spot that sends the white off the side cushion and into the pack, splitting the reds invitingly. That's an excellent shot, and this looks a bit ominous for Hawkins.

Elsewhere...

Joe Perry and Jamie Jones are tied at 3-3 on the other table.

Selby 4-2 Hawkins

It's a ton! Selby's second century of the night, a 117, restores his lead to two frames.

Selby 3-2 Hawkins (71-19)

It’s a half-century for Selby, and the black that takes him to 67 leaves Hawkins needing a snooker with 51 left on the table.

Selby 3-2 Hawkins (41-19)

A miss from Hawkins when playing safe leaves Selby a free ball, and a gift chance to halt the Hawkins resurgence. He’s added 29 already, and if he can split a cluster of four reds below the pink shortly he’ll have a great chance to win the frame. A black takes him to 37 and he manufactures said split to leave a red to the left middle. That could be a frame winner.

Selby 3-2 Hawkins (0-19)

A potentially pivotal visit ahoy; Selby misses a mid-range red to the bottom right by a huge distance, and he’s left Hawkins straight on a red to the left middle. There are also plentiful reds in the open, and there’s a chance for a heavy visit here. Whisper it, but the momentum could be swinging here. Hawkins then loses the white when trying to force the black into play, and when jabbing in a red can't find position on the pink. That's end of break at 19; that was a good chance to double down after pinching the last frame.

Selby 3-2 Hawkins

Well, there’s one! Selby pilfers four after Hawkins misses the green on a routine up and down escape from behind the pink. Hawkins soon pots green and brown though, and Selby’s lead is cut to 3-2.

Selby 3-1 Hawkins (30-65)

Selby gives up 16 points in fouls when trying to escape from the snooker off two cushions, before clipping the red faintly and pushing it safe. Not safe enough though – Hawkins cross-doubles the red into the yellow pocket! He drops the pink and yellow in too and we’re done here barring three snookers from Selby.

Selby 3-1 Hawkins (30-40)

A pink puts Hawkins three points ahead in the frame, and we’ve got two reds left on the table. The second to last one is plugged to right middle, but Hawkins can’t get position on the final one and plays a cute snooker with the white tight in behind the black. He hasn’t won this frame, but he’s in charge of it now.

Selby 3-1 Hawkins (30-1)

Selby drops in another red, and still he can’t land on blue to bottom left! Hawkins should really be out of this frame but back he comes to the table, only 30 points behind after giving up four decent scoring chances. After a safety exchange he gets a look of his own; Selby leaves him a red to the bottom right, and in it goes. Now then; Hawkins could really use a frame-winning dish here because Selby’s been the markedly better player tonight.

Selby 3-1 Hawkins (29-0)

Selby gets in again, potting a long red to the bottom left, but he can’t hold for the blue. Hawkins soon offers up an identical opportunity – it’s a big pocket, with a red near the jaws to guide the one above it into the pocket if necessary – and this time Selby rattles it in to land on the yellow. This is his third good chance of the frame, but he’s made a mess of position on the blue again and is forced to play safe.

Selby 3-1 Hawkins (24-0)

We’re back, and straight from Hawkins’ break Selby glides in a red to the bottom right. The yellow follows and he’s back down to the business end of the table. It’s a little awkward initially until he pots a red that was keeping the black tied up, but on 24 he sticks to the pack when trying to split them and it’s end of break. From a touching ball he rolls the white back into baulk.

Selby 3-1 Hawkins

A break of 77 wins the fourth frame for Selby, who takes a two frame lead into the mid-session interval. Joe Perry and Jamie Jones are at their interval as well, and locked at 2-2. See you in 15.

Selby 2-1 Hawkins (73-0)

Selby misses a long red and leaves Hawkins a chance at one to the bottom right, with his hand on the table. Hawkins commits, but can’t jam the red into the pocket; he went so all out for it that he’s left Selby a tap-in to the bottom left and the frame is now there for him. Selby adds a quick 38, and Hawkins needs snookers already.

Selby 2-1 Hawkins (35-0)

Bother here for Hawkins, as he catches the blue full ball from a safety and leaves Selby a short, straight-ish red to the bottom right. That goes, and Selby’s away. It’s reds and pinks to start as the black is tied up, but he’s picking these off very nicely. The pink was housed on the blue spot, but Selby has freed up its natural home; its to no avail though as he’s now lost the white in trying to force the black into play. That’s end of break on 35 as he plays safe back to baulk.

Elsewhere...

On the other table, Jamie Jones leads Joe Perry 2-1.

Selby 2-1 Hawkins

Selby does pot up to the blue, and then puts the white on the bottom cushion off the pink. Hawkins now needs a snooker. He's playing on for it, as the black as well away from any cushions, but it's near the pink spot and this won't be easy. Soon enough though Selby drops the pink into the green pocket, and that's the frame.

Selby 1-1 Hawkins (43-41)

Oh, what a shot from Selby! After potting the stray red, he then goes in and out of the blue wit h a metric ton of reverse side on the white, coming off two cushions to straighten up and develop both reds off the bottom cushion into potting positions. Stunning! He’s just gone favourite. Both reds go with colours, and he’ll need up to and including the blue here.

Selby 1-1 Hawkins (28-41)

Hawkins pulls level on points in the frame, but it’s getting awkward; there are still four reds tight to the bottom cushion that will need shifting. A brilliant pink with deep screw to the left middle puts him on the final open red near the right rail, and he plugs that with the rest. Then, off the blue, he tries to develop the four awkward reds. He jars two into play, one of which he then drops brilliantly into the right middle to leave himself on the pink. This has been a tidy little break so far but he misses the pink to right middle and it's end of break on 41.

Selby 1-1 Hawkins (28-0)

Selby’s in first in the third frame, launching a red into the bottom right but nudging another across the line of the black to the bottom left. That’s rough luck, but he soon finds a plan B; he absolutely hoses a pink into the yellow pocket and he’s now in perfect position in the bottom half of the table. He soon requires another superb recovery pot on a red to left middle though, which he rolls in nonchalantly. It's been on edge, this break, but Selby is in position now. It's gone awry on 28 though; after bridging awkwardly over a red he's missed a straight black off its spot, and Hawkins is in.

Selby 1-1 Hawkins

Hawkins adds 58, and we're all square.

Selby 1-0 Hawkins (0-63)

After a safety battle where both players were anxious not to leave a cut on a red to the bottom left, Selby catches the knuckle of the right middle on his way back to baulk and he’s left Hawkins on it. It’s another chance to get the frame over the line, but he runs out of position early and can only add four. Selby soon chucks him a third chance though, leaving a plant to the bottom left, and in it goes. This time, Hawkins gets the mop out; he’s added 18 so far and Selby now needs snookers.

Selby 1-0 Hawkins (0-41)

Hawkins frees the black when potting a red, and drills in a blue to the yellow pocket that he backspins off to land perfectly on a red hitherto impeding the soon to be re-spotted black to the bottom right. That’s clever play, and he’s now got the chance to convert this chance into the break he’s paved the way for. But oof, what a miss! He takes his eye off a red when trying to glance into the pack while potting it, and overcuts it to the bottom left. He's not left Selby anything, but Hawkins should have won the frame there.

Selby 1-0 Hawkins (0-12)

Selby plays a deadweight red to the right middle which misses high on the knuckle, and he’s left Hawkins straight on a nearby red to the same pocket. High risk and no reward there from Selby. Hawkins is in, but with pink and black currently tied up he’s got a lot of work to do to turn these early points into a substantial break.

Selby 1-0 Hawkins

The brown secures a century, as Selby empties the table for a 121 that secures the first frame.

Selby 0-0 Hawkins (76-5)

The tenth red sorts the frame, with a blue to left middle taking Selby to 66. He’ll want the lot here, to keep Hawkins cold and away from the table.

Selby 0-0 Hawkins (50-5)

The break goes to 40, and Selby’s straight into his groove here. Three more reds and blacks will sort the frame and they’re all there for him.

Selby 0-0 Hawkins (26-5)

Selby draws four from a foul, and then Hawkins misses a long plant to leave him in again. It’s a good chance, because Hawkins scattered the reds there and he’s left a load on for Selby here.

Selby 0-0 Hawkins (6-5)

Hawkins plugs the first red of the night, followed by the brown, but then misses a red to the bottom left and leaves it in the jaws for Selby. He can only add a red and a blue though, and has to play safe.

Time to go!

The boys are baized. Best of 11 then, let's have it.

The Hawk

Standing in the way of that is a player Selby knows very well. Hawkins as a three-time ranking event winner and a former finalist of both The Masters and the World Championship. Although he’s not had the best of times in the UK and has slipped down the rankings a little in recent years, he’s a formidable opponent and has beaten Selby two out of two when they’ve met at The Crucible in the past.

The Jester

If you believe in cycles then you’ll probably back Selby to win this tournament on Sunday. He won it in 2012, and he won it again in 2016. Can he land his third UK Championship crown here? Given the way some big seeds have been eliminated in the last few weeks he’ll fancy his chances; it would also set up a potential humdinger of a quarter-final with Neil Robertson.

Also Tonight

It’s not just the Jester versus the Hawk; elsewhere in the arena tonight, Joe Perry will take on Jamie Jones.

Good evening!

Welcome one on all to the evening session of day eight of the UK Championship from the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. Tonight we’ll be pressing on with the third round action, and our featured match is Mark Selby versus Barry Hawkins. Before that, here are the results from the afternoon session, where the big news was the elimination of three-time former UK champion John Higgins.

Neil Robertson 6-4 Anthony McGill

Zhou Yuelong 6-2 John Higgins

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Right, that's us - for now

Join us again in 75 minutes, 6.45pm GMT, for Mark Selby - Barry Hawkins and Joe Perry - Jamie Jones. Ta-ra.

Neil speaks

He says he was trying to "walk the ball into the net", being too precise early on, going into the pack too late. In the final frame, he went in off the pink, lovely spread, done and done. He says the tale was much better today having been reclothed, and says Anthony seems more comfortable when playing the better players, not to be an idiot, but he was second favourite for this match. He also says that if he'd been in the UK as a kid, able to practise with the greats he'd have "done some amazing things in the game" even though he\s had a great career. Looking back, he wishes he'd moved over at 12 or 13, but will obviously take what he's had. That is a champion, people.

Robertson beats McGill 6-4!

What a superb match that was, and how brilliant is Neil Robertson? 4-2 down against a fine player playing great, he reels off four straight frames and plays Bazza Hawkins or Dat Guy Selbz next. I can't wait.

Robertson 5-4 McGill (56-9)

The black's out of commission but Neil can secure this match with red-pinks. He's been brilliant since he had to be brilliant, and for all the brilliant long-potting, we can sometimes forget that he's a brilliant competitor. and to prove it, when he stuns a red he wanted to run through, he has to take the difficult pink not the easy blue ... and down it goes, right in the heart of the pocket.

Robertson 5-4 McGill (21-9)

A poor safety allows Anthony an easy starter but he doesn't get through the white as intended and has to play a yellow to get back down the table. Is he on a red? Yes he is! But when you're chasing it can sometimes get too much, and when he overruns, he plays a poor safety that leaves one for Neil. But rattling into a pink to make something happen, Neil opens the reds to land on nothing easy .. but he finds one! Neil can see the finish, and he's on the charge!