‘I have been questioning it all week’ – Mark Selby not sold on new cue as he targets return to snooker No1 spot

MARK SELBY will chuck away the receipt from the purchase of his new cue – as he targets a return to snooker’s No1 spot. During the summer, the Leicester Jester, 43, finally got rid of his old piece of equipment for a new cue and with it he claimed a record fourth China Open. Mark Selby finally got rid of his old cue during the summer for new equipment Credit: Getty Images – Getty Selby claimed a record fourth China Open with his new cue Credit: Getty Images – Getty That £250,000 title success – his 26th ranking title success – means he heads to next week’s Wuhan Open with the chance to eclipse Judd Trump. Selby – the World No1 on eight different spells, the last occasion being April 2022 – is vying for supremacy with Trump, Zhao Xintong, Wu Yize and Neil Robertson. Sign up for the Sport newsletter Thank you! Always the joker, Selby joked that “I might go back to the old cue when I get home” when asked about the success he had over the weekend. But then he accepted that the new cue is here to stay, saying: “Seriously, what can I say about it? “I have still been questioning it all week. Speaking to my friend Django, we have been on the practice table. “I still keep saying to him, there’s a couple of shots I am not happy with. “And he still keeps thinking I am winding him up. “But I have got to put that to bed and carry on and keep on playing with it. Most read in Snooker BEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UK “I want to carry on this winning momentum, take it through to next week. “Carry on playing the same. Keep on winning matches. “While you are having this form and this sort of run, riding the crest of a wave, you want to keep that momentum as much as possible.” Comment now