Luca Brecel opens up five-frame lead over Mark Selby in World Championship final

Luca Brecel fired four centuries to fashion a 15-10 lead after a high-quality penultimate session of their World Snooker Championship final at the Crucible

GOOD LEAD: Luca Brecel fashioned a 15-10 lead over Mark Selby. Pic: Zac Goodwin/PA

Luca Brecel rendered Mark Selby’s maximum a distant memory as he fired four centuries to fashion a 15-10 lead after a high-quality penultimate session of their World Snooker Championship final at the Crucible.

Looking utterly undaunted by the biggest occasion of his career, the 28-year-old Belgian moved just three frames away from becoming the first winner of the title from mainland Europe, and the first overseas winner since Neil Robertson in 2010.