Kyren Wilson landed the World Snooker Championship for the first time as he saw off qualifier Jak Jones at the Crucible, completing the triumph 18-14 in the final session
The 32-year-old was appearing in his second final at the Sheffield venue and maintained a healthy lead throughout the contest, eventually seeing off his opponent 18-14. He held a 15-10 lead going into the final session and came out on top in the best of 35 frame match.
Jones had been aiming to become the first qualifier to win the trophy since Shaun Murphy in 2005, but was constantly trailing and couldn’t claw back his opponent, despite a stirring effort in the last session from Jones, as the world No 12 basked in the glory of the greatest success of his career as he was made to sweat in the final frames before releasing a fist pump when he made the telling pot.
Wilson said immediately after his victory: “You know what, imagine how embarrassing it would’ve been if I’d have lost and Bailey (his son) is dressed like that. I’d like to say sorry to Jak for that outburst, but it means so much to all of us. We’ve remortgaged, sacrificed our whole lives to get here.”
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