SHEFFIELD, England, April 29 -- China's Ding Junhui was stopped by defending champion Mark Selby 17-15 in a thrilling semifinal at the World Snooker Championship here on Saturday.
World number four Ding, who upset five-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in the quarterfinals, lost to Selby again following last year's defeat in the final, which finished 18-14.
The two players were deadlocked at 12-12 going into the fourth session and it was Selby who made the first move with breaks of 74 and 96 to go 14-12 ahead.
Ding made a 52 in winning the next and had a clear chance in frame 28 but missed a red to a top corner when trailing 34-41. Selby eventually took the frame on the colours to lead 15-13 at the interval.
In frame 29, Ding led 42-11 when he was unlucky not to split a cluster of reds in potting the pink. Selby made 42 then trapped his opponent in a snooker on the yellow which yielded the chance to go 16-13 ahead.
Ding hit back to take the next two frames with a top run of 73 to close to 16-15. And he had two scoring chances early in frame 32 but scored just nine points, missing a red and then a blue to a center pocket. His second error proved his last shot as Selby made a flawless 72.
Selby, who won the champion in 2017 and 2016, will now face John Higgins over 35 frames on Sunday and Monday for the famous trophy and 375,000-pound top prize. It's a repeat of the 2007 final which Higgins won 18-13.
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