Jack Jones vs Kyren Wilson LIVE: World Snooker Championship final scores and updates

O’Sullivan is set to embark on an exhibition tour to China, Finland and Bulgaria next week and insists he will be selective about upcoming tournaments, increasingly prioritizing big-money offers from Saudi Arabia and the Far East.

The 48-year-old recently signed a contract with Saudi Arabia but, ironically, signed a new contract with the World Snooker Tour to fulfill his obligation to play in the inaugural Saudi Masters in Riyadh at the end of August. I decided to tie the .

Judd Trump has revealed he has rejected an offer to join a rival snooker tour.

President Trump has said he has no interest in any future LIV-style departures, which are understood to emanate from the Far East, and will demand a commitment to play eight regular tournaments and a grand final in exchange for a six-figure signing bonus.

“Some people tried to contact me, but I couldn’t be bothered,” Trump said.

According to the World Snooker Tour’s seasonal average shot times, Jones is 107th slowest of the 128 players on the tour, taking over 28 seconds for each shot. Only Zhang Anda was slow in this year’s tournament.

The 32-year-old, born in Kettering, first turned professional in 2010 and quickly established himself as one of snooker’s brightest young stars, recovering from a decline in form to regain his World Tour card and winning in 2013. returned to the top tier of the sport. .

Wilson made an immediate impact, building the consistency needed to challenge at the highest level and developing a reputation as a player second to none on his day. By 2015, it had arrived – at the Shanghai Masters, Wilson made it through the qualifiers and dominated Judd Trump in the finals, winning his first ranking title.

However, the Welshman’s attritional style of play may not be to everyone’s taste. Jones blasted “pathetic” criticism from his opponents Stuart Bingham and Judd Trump heading into his first world championship final. Both men implied that their frustrating tactics affected the opponent’s rhythm, ultimately leading to their defeat.

Jones erased an early 7-1 deficit, but lost on a dramatic black-ball climax in the final frame of the day, letting No. 12 seed Wilson off the hook and taking an 11-6 lead into Monday’s final session. I came.

Reflecting on the missed chance to move within three frames of his opponent, a visibly deflated Jones told the BBC: I was completely exhausted and I think I could have done better if I had gotten a good night’s sleep last night. ”

Kyren Wilson and Jack Jones will face off today on the final day of the 2024 World Snooker Championship.

This year’s tournament has been full of upsets and unpredictability, but this pair will be keen to write their name into the Crucible history books. Wilson held a five-frame lead into Monday’s race with 18 frames to go.

However, Jones proved to be a fierce competitor, able to snatch victory even from difficult positions, and with two sessions remaining the final looked set to be a delicate one.

“It’s crazy coming into the tournament and it’s totally unexpected,” Jones said.

“I don’t think I played particularly well, and I didn’t score particularly well, but the match play helped me get through it.”