THIS season’s Haikou World Open will have a new winner after both Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy earned their places in Sunday’s grand final. Selby battled his way to a 6-4 win over Marco Fu and former world champion Murphy ended any hopes of Mark Allen of winning the tournament for a third year running after beating him…

MARK Allen is just two wins away from winning the Haikou World Open for a third year running after beating John Higgins to reach the semi-finals. The Northern Irishman completed a 5-3 win over the Scotsman who yesterday recorded a stunning comeback over Judd Trump after being 4-0 down. Allen, who beat Stephen Lee and Matthew…