Mark Selby wasted little time in booking his semi-final place at the 2016 World Championships, winning threeframes from five to beat qualifier Kyren Wilson 13-8in his last-eight clash on Wednesday morning at the Crucible.The world No. 1 came into the session leading 10-6 from Tuesday's action and moved to within just one frame of victory with two excellent opening breaks.Wilson got on the board in the third and produced a fantastic break to win the fourth, but Selby sealed his victory in efficient fashion following the mid-session interval and will now face either Barry Hawkins or Marco Fu in the semi-finals.Read on for a recap of the action and an updated schedule for the rest of Wednesday, along with the lineup for the semi-finals.Morning SessionSelby was the first into the balls in the opening frame on Wednesday, and despite running out of position after cannoning into the reds he made an excellent winning contribution of 92 when he got his hand back on the table.The Jester from Leicester looked as though he could not miss and got back into the balls in the second frame, producing another strong break of 78 to move 12-6 in front, per Live Snooker:Wilson had few opportunities in the opening two frames and could do little but sit and watch, but he got his first chance in the balls in the third only to unluckily go in-off from the blue having made 36.Selby, though, surprisingly missed an easy black off the spot, and the 24-year-old took his opportunity and won his first frame of the morning to move to 12-7 behind.Wilson then forced the match into the mid-session interval as he took the fourth frame in spectacular fashion.He eschewed an attempt at a 147 having paired the early reds with five consecutive blacks, but he still managed to post the tournament-high break as he made a brilliant visit of 143.It was also a personal milestone for Wilson, per theMirror's James Whaling:The comeback was on, but Selby quickly wrestled the momentum back in the 21st frame of the match, forcing a mistake from Wilson with some excellent safety play.Selby got into the balls with a terrific long pot and produced a break of 64 to secure his spot in the last four.
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