‘In the next room’ – Selby aiming to knock out flatmate Hawkins in York

ByEurosport

Updated 28/11/2023 at 08:59 GMT

Mark Selby and Barry Hawkins are sharing a flat in York during the UK Championship, but are set to swap the dinner table for the snooker table when they collide in the last 16 of this year’s tournament at the Barbican. “It’s a lovely apartment we are in, but we are in the next room to each other,” said Selby after demolishing world No. 62 Mark Joyce in less than two hours in the first round.

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Snooker’s version of the odd couple will take on a new twist when best friends Mark Selby and Barry Hawkins collide in the last 16 of the UK Championship in York.

Selby and Hawkins are sharing a flat at the tournament and will face off at the Barbican after both players enjoyed opening victories on Monday.

Two-time UK champion Selby demolished Mark Joyce 6-0 in just under two hours with a superb display after Hawkins had battled past Ben Woollaston 6-4 from 3-1 down earlier in the day.

It means they will be swapping the dinner table for the snooker table as they chase a quarter-final spot on Wednesday evening.

“It’s a lovely apartment we are in, but we are in the next room to each other.

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“At the start of the competition, he said that he’d looked at the accommodation and asked if I fancied sharing an apartment.

“The draw came out for the seeds and we knew if we both won we would play each other.

“I said to him that I was going to have the apartment all to myself! Barry is a great lad, one of my best friends on the tour and a great player.

“He is one of the form players, so I will need to play somewhere similar to today to compete.”

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