 He was unable to feature in his first ranking event semi-final as Martin Gould comfortably beat him 5–1.However, Selt rose to a career-high 27th in the world rankings soon afterwards and credited his improvement in play to his coach Chris Henry, his mentor Stephen Hendry, as well as his own personal fitness.He lost 5–4 on the final black to Judd Trump in the second round of the Shanghai Masters.