 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Selby akapora kubva pa48 kumashure kuti akunde Jamie Cope 98 mumutambo wekutanga we2009 UK Championship, asi akarasikirwa mumakwikwi ekupedzisira 39 kuna OSullivan. Musi wa17 Ndira 2010, akahwina mukombe wake wechipiri weMasters, asvika mufainari kechitatu mumakore akawanda, mukudzokorora kwekupedzisira kwegore rapfuura kwaakange arohwa naOSullivan. Nguva ino, mushure mekudonha kumashure 69, naOSullivan vachida imwezve furemu yekukunda kumwe, Selby akatora mafuremu mana anotevera kuhwina mukwikwidzi 109. Akasvika pakukwanisa kwake kwekupedzisira kwechipiri World Championship muna 2010, yakarasikirwa mumasemi-fainari 1417 kuna Graeme Dott, kunyangwe ichidhonza kusvika 1011 uye 1314. 