Shanghai Masters 2016: Ding defeats Selby in final

The triumph gained a small measure of revenge for the defeat the Leicester cueman inflicted on Ding in the World Championship final back in May.

On this occasion the Crucible runner-up bounced back from an early deficit of 3-1 to win five frames on the trot to take a 6-3 lead into the interval.

Selby then levelled at the start of the evening session following breaks of 76, 102 and 53 only for the 29-year-old to restore his advantage to lead 9-6, including a break of 97, before closing out victory in the 16th frame after a run of 46 left his opponent needing snookers off the last remaining red.

Ding become the first player to lift this trophy twice, as well as picket the £85,000 top prize and moves up to sixth in the world rankings.

Despite the defeat, Selby consolidated his position as world number one by collecting a runners-up prize of £35,000.

I feel like I'm back to where I was in 2013," Ding told worldsnooker.com. "It's special to win back to back tournaments.

"I felt so strong in the last frame. Mark was coming back at me and he is so strong in safety so he was trying to get snookers. He made every shot so difficult for me, I was just trying to hit the red, that's it.

"This is a special tournament in Shanghai, it was been going since 2007 and I have learned a lot from it. I'm always very happy to win anywhere in China." 

Shanghai Masters 2016: Daily Results

• WC denotes wildcard round

Monday September 19
Afternoon Session
WC/First Round (Best of nine frames)
Ricky Walden 4-5 Michael White (Match 14)
Marco Fu 4-5 David Gilbert (Match 18)
Michael Holt 5-1 Xu Si (Match 1)
Anthony McGill 5-0 Chen Zifan (Match 3)

Evening Session
WC/First Round (Best of nine frames)
Ding Junhui 5-4 Scott Donaldson (Match 11)
John Higgins 5-3 Matthew Selt (Match 20)
Liang Wenbo 5-3 Hu Hao (Match 2)
Martin Gould 0-5 Yuan Sijun (Match 8)

Tuesday September 20
Afternoon Session
WC/First Round (Best of nine frames)
Kyren Wilson 2-5 Michael Holt (Match 9)
Mark Allen 5-0 Anthony McGill (Match 12)
Kurt Maflin 5-1 Guan Zhen (Match 5)
Ryan Day 5-1 Ma Bing (Match 6)

Evening Session
WC/First Round (Best of nine frames)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-4 Liang Wenbo (Match 10)
Mark Selby 5-1 Yuan Sijun (Match 24)
Stuart Carrington 5-1 Niu Zhuang (Match 7)
Stephen Maguire 5-0 Yi Chen Xu (Match 4)

Wednesday September 21
Afternoon Session
First Round (Best of nine frames)
Stuart Bingham 5-0 Jamie Jones (Match 17)
Neil Robertson 2-5 Ryan Day (Match 21)
Ali Carter 5-1 Kurt Maflin (Match 19)
Barry Hawkins 5-0 Robert Milkins (Match 15)

Evening Session
First Round (Best of nine frames)
Judd Trump 5-0 Ben Woollaston (Match 13)
Shaun Murphy 0-5 Stephen Maguire (Match 16)
Mark Williams 3-5 Mei Xi Wen (Match 22)
Joe Perry 4-5 Stuart Carrington (Match 23)

Thursday September 22
Afternoon Session
Second Round
Stuart Carrington 3-5 Mark Selby (Match 32)
Ryan Day 5-2 Mei Xi Wen (Match 31)
Barry Hawkins 3-5 Stephen Maguire (Match 28)
Stuart Bingham 5-2 David Gilbert (Match 29)

Evening Session
Second Round (Best of nine frames)
Ding Junhui 5-2 Mark Allen (Match 26)
Michael Holt 5-2 Ronnie O'Sullivan (Match 25)
Judd Trump 3-5 Michael White (Match 27)
Ali Carter 5-2 John Higgins (Match 30)

Friday September 23
Afternoon Session
Quarter-Finals (Best of nine frames)
Stuart Bingham 5-1 Ali Carter (QF 3)
Ryan Day 3-5 Mark Selby (QF 4)

Evening Session
First Round (Best of nine frames)
Michael Holt 3-5 Ding Junhui (QF 1)
Michael White 1-5 Stephen Maguire (QF 2)

Saturday September 24
Afternoon Session (1430 local, 0730 BST)
Semi-Finals (Best of 11 frames)
Stuart Bingham 5-6 Mark Selby (SF 2)

Evening Session
Semi-Finals (Best of 11 frames)
Ding Junhui 6-3 Stephen Maguire (SF 1)

Sunday September 25
Afternoon Session
Final First Session (Best of 19 frames)
Ding Junhui 6-3 Mark Selby

Evening Session
Final Second Session (Best of 19 frames)
Ding Junhui 10-6 Mark Selby