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Women's snooker champion apologises to Mark Selby and Mark Williams after Crucible nightmare

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Vincent
Published date25 April 2024
Publication titleDaily Mirror, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England)
The two former world champions made first-round exits in Sheffield despite being among those hotly tipped for success. Williams came into the tournament seeded sixth and narrowly lost to Si Jiahui, the 21-year-old who reached last year's semi-final

Selby also fell to a fresher face as Joe O'Connor, making his debut, came away a 10-6 victor against the fifth seed. The Leicester-born ace last lost in the first round in 2018 and reached last year's final.

Evans, who has won the World Women's Snooker Championship a record 12 times, revealed she had predicted both players to reach the final. The 38-year-old could not help but see the funny side of her failure as she wrapped up her public apology with a shrugging and a laughing emoji.

Evans took to X to say sorry and said: “I apologise to both Mark Selby and Mark Williams for picking them to reach the final. I curse everyone ha.”

The aftermath saw both players question their futures in the sport. Selby admitted that he struggles mentally when not playing at his best.

He told BBC Two: "I will definitely still review it [my future] because I stopped myself from...

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