Kyren Wilson held off a spirited final-session rally from Welsh qualifier Jak Jones to win the World Snooker Championship final 18-14.
Wilson, who raced into a 7-0 lead on Sunday afternoon and entered the final session a firm favourite up 15-10, promptly claimed the first frame of the night to move to within two of victory. Jones, looking to become the first qualifier to be crowned at the Crucible since Shaun Murphy in 2005, duly responded with a break of 105 - his first century of the final - to take the next before Wilson pinched a truly bonkers third frame of the evening.
Wilson was 7-1 up after the first session on Sunday, with Jones only getting on the board in the last frame of the afternoon thanks to a break of 65 as he avoided becoming the first player since Dennis Taylor in 1985 to lose the first eight frames in the final. Wilson was simply too hot for Jones to handle as he registered two centuries - including a 129 in the opener - and four further breaks over fifty to romp into that initial 7-0 lead.
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