Overview
- Mark Selby dominated the opening session in York to lead 6-2, compiling runs including 77, 97 and a clinical 70 clearance after a Trump miss.
- In the evening, Selby showed sportsmanship by declining a contentious free ball before referee Olivier Marteel reversed the call, and Trump took that frame to reduce the gap.
- Judd Trump then produced a 125 break and won another frame to apply pressure, but Selby claimed the 16th to re-establish a two-frame cushion at 9-7.
- Trump is the defending champion and is also trying to extend his streak of winning at least one title every year since 2013.
- The best-of-19 final is first to 10 frames, leaving Trump needing three straight to retain the title as play continues at the Barbican in York.