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Mark Selby sinks Noppon Saengkham to claim historic fourth China Open title

Comments, updates, results and streaming details as Mark Selby meets Noppon Saengkham in China Open final after beating Stuart Bingham, Pang Junxu, Kyren Wilson and Neil Robertson in previous rounds

By Ben Goddard, Ka Nam Castor Chan | Updated 16/08/2026 at 16:58 GMT+1

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Timeline

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04:24 PM

SELBY WINS CHINA OPEN TO MAKE HISTORY

Mark Selby became the first player to win the China Open four times with his 10-6 victory over Noppon Saengkham in Taiyuan.

The two were level after the first session, with Selby managing to level with the last two frames after an early streak of three from the Thai. He was also helped by a controversial refereeing decision in the seventh frame.

The Jester maintained his momentum going in the evening session, staying in fine form to sweep all four frames before the interval and hold Saengkham to only 93 points.

It was not over for Saengkham quite yet, though, and he stopped Selby’s run of six after the mid-session break, thanks to a missed plant.

Selby then stole the 14th frame with a dramatic flurry of snookers to make it 9-5 and, despite Saengkham’s best efforts to hold him off, Selby proved to be the better player in this session.

He sealed the deal with a wonderful double on the final red in the 16th frame, claiming his 26th ranking title and a £250,000 top prize that moves him up to fifth place in the world rankings.

Saengkham’s stellar runners-up performance sees him take £100,000 home and move him to 27th in the standings.

MARK SELBY WINS 10-6

The steal that kept the momentum in Selby's favour and saw him sail to his fourth title in China.

NOPPON SAENGKHAM ON HIS PLAY TODAY:

I feel very happy because today I played okay. Mark pushed me all the way under pressure, and it was a really good game to learn something.

MARK SELBY ON HIS WIN:

I played some good stuff this week, somewhere near close to my best. Noppon played great, he's had a fantastic tournament and he's probably one of the nicer guys on the circuit. I was very fortunate to get out of the session 4-4 today because I felt Noppon was the better player in the first session, I was just holding on to him from 4-2. I played a lot better tonight which was pleasing.

04:06 PM

VICTORY! SELBY 10-6 SAENGKHAM

Selby needs the penultimate red for frame ball and he pots it! Will Saengkham get any chance at all to contest?

Selby lines up a double on the last red - and pumps his fist in delight as it drops in dead centre.

He takes only the yellow and green, but that's all he needs to claim history tonight. Mark Selby becomes the first to win four titles at the China Open!

15:54

SELBY 9-6 SAENGKHAM (33*-27)

We're back in a safety battle, it's anyone's game should a mistake happen. The reds are drifting towards the bottom right of the table, and both players are using the yellow as a shield.

Selby's fine snooker wins him a chance to the right middle, and it's a wonderful pot. Can he seal the deal on this visit?

15:48

SELBY 9-6 SAENGKHAM (22-27*)

The crowd reacts now as Selby misses a long red! He's out of position, has to lean over the pack, and the red just comes out of the jaws of the yellow pocket.

Saengkham back on the table but he only gets to 27 before he's out of position as well.

15:41

SELBY 9-6 SAENGKHAM (8*-13)

Wonderful pot, Saengkham picks out the corner of the pack and delivers it smoothly to the left middle. The pink is on and he will have another red to the left middle again.

He scoops both up, then the pink again for good measure, but then he misses a fairly easy rest shot!

Selby can pot to the right corner pocket now and open up the reds with the black. Good cannon.

15:39

SELBY 9-6 SAENGKHAM (0*-0)

Saengkham gets us started in the 16th frame. Selby considers a long red, but sees no available colour after and decides to put the cue ball into the pack instead.

03:36 PM

SELBY 9-6 SAENGKHAM

Saengkham takes a hard-earned 61 to hold Selby at bay, the Englishman won't bother with this one and his formidable lead drops down to 3!

15:33

SELBY 9-5 SAENGKHAM (1-34*)

Slow slog from Saengkham to build his lead up, and he delivers a decent cannon off the blue to keep the visit going.

He's had a hard time scoring with the black and pink both above the blue, and now he's forced into taking the yellow. This is a herculean effort for the amount of points he has, but he finally is rewarded with a line on the pink to put it back into a friendlier spot.

15:26

SELBY 9-5 SAENGKHAM (1-1*)

What a blow for Saengkham, he already had a mountain to climb but now he is faced with Everest. Selby just manages to drop in a red to the right middle, then looks for the cannon. The split is lovely but misses the pot, and Saengkham is up like a flash.

03:26 PM

SELBY 9-5 SAENGKHAM

Selby on the colours now, it was looking all but done for Saengkham! Poor positional choices left him on that difficult red, and now he might pay the price.

It's not quite over, Selby ends up straight on the blue and he'll need to fight for position on the pink and black.

Not the easiest black in the world but Selby pots it smoothly to secure a phenomenal steal! One away for the three-time title holder.

15:17

SELBY 8-5 SAENGKHAM (44*-62)

Saengkham pots the blue, and a miss now will mean one snooker needed for Selby. It's a difficult final red and Saengkham just doesn't get it right. He just avoids rolling the cue ball into the middle pocket and Selby will deliver a wicked snooker now.

Selby lines up the cue ball underneath the black with the white just right of the brown and Saengkham fouls. It's not free ball but oh what an incredible snooker yet again. Disaster abound for Saengkham now as this time is is free ball on the foul.

15:13

SELBY 8-5 SAENGKHAM (32-62*)

Saengkham isn't letting this chance slip out of his grasp now as he takes advantage of Selby's earlier work and misfortune. He saw a glimmer of hope in the last frame and it looks like it's done him a world of good.

He's left the lone red up at the green corner, the one that Selby narrowly missed, and is calmly polishing off the remainder of the pack using the blue and pink.

Three reds left, and he'll tackle that errant red for an important positional shot on the green to get down the table.

15:07

SELBY 8-5 SAENGKHAM (32*-0)

Selby proves to be unfazed by the end of his winning streak as he immediately pots a long red off the break.

He finally splits the pack after working chances out one by one, and he will eye up a long red to the green corner. Shock ripples through the Taiyuan crowd as the jaws refuse the pot, and Saengkham has a decent opportunity now to do some damage.

03:03 PM

SELBY 8-5 SAENGKHAM

This is exactly what Saengkham needs, he takes black for frame ball and he will secure his first win in tonight's session with a much more collected performance in this visit. He halts Selby's storming six-frame streak to take his first frame since the sixth.

Will we see more pep in his step going forward?

14:55

SELBY 8-4 SAENGKHAM (25-19*)

A laugh ripples through the crowd as Saengkham takes the easy way out, a gentle tap on the cue ball to meet the pack just as Selby did seconds earlier.

Selby decides not to make it a three-peat and he puts the cue ball on the top rail instead.

Selby then gets another stroke of luck, Saengkham's clever safety sees the Jester miss, but he ends up with a fortunate snooker to force Saengkham into a shot of his own.

A miss allows Selby to eye up a plant for the red left right in the mouth of the right corner pocket - what a miss! Saengkham finally gets some luck of his own, this is the best chance he's had in a good while.

14:48

SELBY 8-4 SAENGKHAM (25*-11)

Saengkham got such a good split but it is Selby who's reaping all the rewards now.

Selby's own cannon is poorer, and he'll choose the safety to finish his break on 25, which is surely a relief to his opponent.

14:45

SELBY 8-4 SAENGKHAM (8*-11)

We're back! Selby breaks to get us underway, and it will be Saengkham with the first pot.

He gets a lovely split on the pack from the blue, but he makes a mistake now having to cue over the pack, and he will end his visit on just 11.

Selby picks up that missed red the Thai left just next to the right corner pocket. What a shame for Saengkham.

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