Mark Selby downplays hitting 147 in his victory over Jack Lisowski at the British Open

Mark Selby downplayed his fourth profession most after hitting 147 in his 4-1 win over Jack Lisowski at the Cazoo British Open.

The Brit recorded the milestone second in the opening body of the last-16 match in (*147*) Keynes, potting a marvellous treble in the course of.

‘Just to make a 147 in any event is an effective achievement,’ he stated. ‘But to do it there, dwell on TV, was an extra-special feeling.’

Mark Selby hit his fourth profession most throughout his win over Jack Lisowksi at the British Open

He will now face Mark Allen, who knocked out world quantity two Judd Trump, in the final eight

The Leicester man’s response was nonetheless subdued for worry of any untimely celebrations.

Selby stated: ‘It’s nice to make it however it it solely wins one body so it is pointless giving it the massive’un and then you definately go on to lose 4-1 and also you look a little bit of an fool, actually.’

Selby will face Mark Allen, who knocked out world quantity two Judd Trump 4-3 after a forwards and backwards battle.

Trump hit the solely century break of the match however 4 breaks of fifty or extra noticed Allen ebook his spot in the final eight.

Trump was defeated by Allen, regardless of hitting the solely century break of the match 

Wales’ Jamie Jones beat Ben Woollaston 4-2 to arrange a quarter-final with Noppon Saengkham after he thrashed Jordan Brown by a 4-0 rating.

Robbie Williams will face Lyu Haotian for a spot in the closing 4 after getting back from 3-2 all the way down to beat Steven Hallworth 4-3. Haotian received the higher of Matthew Stevens 4-1 thanks to 2 century breaks.

And Ryan Day and Yuan Sijun make up the remainder of the final eight line-up following wins over Graeme Dott and Anthony Hamilton respectively on Thursday.