Kyren Wilson claims a comfortable 17-11 win over David Gilbert to reach his second World Championship final at the Crucible Theatre.
Kyren Wilson claimed a comfortable 17-11 win over David Gilbert to reach his second World Championship final at the Crucible Theatre.
World number 44 Jones led 13-10 going into the final session, then made four half-century breaks to become the lowest-ranked finalist in 19 years. He punished errors by Gilbert in the next two frames and secured his first appearance in a final this season with a clinical break of 67."It felt like I broke the back of the match yesterday and I was very focused on hitting home the advantage. It was nice to kill off the match in one clean hit."When Wilson reached the world final four years ago he did so in dramatic fashion, fluking the green in a final-frame decider and emotionally apologising to his opponent Anthony McGill.
The form and rhythm that saw him dispatch seven-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in the last eight seemed to abandon him, with the Welshman unflappable throughout and able to take full advantage."I must have missed eight or nine blacks off the spot. I'm very disappointed after playing like I did against Ronnie. I just didn't enjoy it out there."
Jones enjoyed a run of 66 to go 15-11 up and enjoyed further runs of 70 and 58 to secure a famous win.Meanwhile, for the well-liked Gilbert there is to be no fairytale ending to one of snooker’s great comeback stories.
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