Jack Jones reached the World Snooker Championship final with a shock 17-12 victory over Stuart Bingham at the Crucible.
He continued his incredible run in Sheffield in qualifying, defeating Anda Zhang, Shi Jiahui and Judd Trump, and is now the 2015 World Champion.
Waiting for him in the finals will be Kyren Wilson after Warrior defeated Dave Gilbert 17-11 on Saturday.
Speaking about the Welshman’s performance, Stephen Hendry told the BBC: “It was very, very impressive.” He doesn’t do anything incredibly well, but everything goes well. He was very effective throughout the championship. Very impressive. ‘
Jones added: “When I think back to watching the World Finals every year, it’s a dream, it’s an unbelievable thing, and I can’t believe I’m there.” added. I couldn’t be happier.
“I don’t think I’m playing well, I’m just winning. I don’t think I’m doing anything special. I’m not scoring big points or anything special. It’s not like I’m doing it.”
In fact, Jones appeared upset for the first time in the tournament at the start of the semifinal when Bingham opened up a 3-0 lead and the underdog looked nervous.
“I’m gone, my hands are wet,” he said. “I wasn’t nervous coming in here, but I started making some mistakes and got a little embarrassed. I got a really good clearance. [in the fourth frame] That calmed me down. ”
The first session ended 4-4 with Bingham taking the next two frames with breaks of 79 and 107, but Jones could not be pushed aside and won the next three frames.
Jones won the 18th frame 9-9 and spun that run to five points to extend an impressive lead, with Bingham winning at the end of the third session on 104.
The Welshman returned for the final session with a 13-10 lead and despite dropping the first frame he took control with half-centuries in three of the remaining four frames. continued.
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