Kyren Wilson wins world snooker championship for the first time after beating Jak Jones 18
SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — English player Kyren Wilson won the world snooker championship for the first time on Monday, beating Jak Jones of Wales 18-14 in a match between two surprise finalists at the Crucible Theatre.
Wilson, who lost the 2020 final to Ronnie O’Sullivan, was never seriously troubled after flying into a 7-0 lead in the two-day final in Sheffield. He was nearly in tears as he potted balls at the end of the final frame.
Neither the No. 12-ranked Wilson nor Jones, who is ranked No. 44 and came through qualifying, were showing any kind of form leading into the worlds to suggest they were ready to win snooker’s biggest prize.
In a tournament full of surprises, both O’Sullivan — the game’s greatest player who was seeking a modern day-record eighth world title — and Judd Trump both exited at the quarterfinal stage. Wilson was the only semifinalist who wasn’t a qualifier.
Wilson pocketed a first prize of 500,000 pounds ($630,000).
___
AP sports: https://apnews.com/sports
Related articles
- Gym-going regulars have accused 'two-weeker' newcomers making use of cut-price trial deals of behavi2024-05-07
Expos back in business across nation
Ying Xiuzhen, a 75-year-old entrepreneur from Ningbo, Zhejiang province, has led her team to partici2024-05-07Huawei's new mobile OS coming on June 2
(China Daily) 09:24, May 26, 2021A visitor tries Huawei's HarmonyOS operating system on a car dashbo2024-05-07- China became the top overseas direct purchase choice for South Koreans last year, surpassing the Uni2024-05-07
Can I get my private pension at 55 due to this bizarre birth year quirk? STEVE WEBB replies
I've had some advice from my private pension provider, which said I was in the unusual position of b2024-05-07East China’s Jinan endeavors to spur growth of AI industry
In the workshop of Shandong SIASUN Industrial Software Research Institute Co., Ltd., a high-tech ent2024-05-07
atest comment