MARK Selby insists winning the UK Championship final means more to him than a return to the top of snooker's world rankings.
The Jester from Leicester will face Shaun Murphy today after a 9-4 success over Mark Davis in the semi-final at York's Barbican Centre.
That victory was enough for him to replace Judd Trump at the top of the rankings, just a month after dropping to no.2 behind the 2011 UK Championship winner.
But the 29-year-old, whose only previous major titles are two Masters wins, is determined to justify that ranking by beating close friend Murphy in what should be a thrilling end to the week's action.
"To get to no.1 is great but if I go out there and I don't win it then to me no.1 doesn't mean that much," he said.
"That wasn't my aim coming here this week, I didn't know what I had to do and I didn't know how Judd had to do to keep the position. I was just coming here concentrating on winning matches and trying to get a bit of confidence back which I have been struggling with.
"Winning the tournament would mean a lot. It has been a long while since I last won a tournament and from my own standards I don't think I have won as much as I am capable of so to go out there and win one of the big two would be nice."
British Eurosport is the Home of Snooker, showing 19 tournaments this season including the World Championship, UK Championship, the Masters and all ranking events, available on Sky (410/411) and Virgin Media (521/525) or online/on mobile via eurosportplayer.co.uk
