Wilson holds nerve to win world snooker title - players react to Crucible final

Kyren Wilson has won the World Snooker Championship with a 18-14 victory over Jak Jones at The Crucible.

The 32-year-old reached the 2020 final, only to be outclassed by Ronnie O'Sullivan and denied a partisan crowd in Sheffield due to the coronavirus pandemic.

However, the 12th seed got his moment on Monday night, edging out a valiant Jones who had initially lost the opening seven frames.

<h2 class="k3">How did the match pan out?</h2>

When Wilson established a 7-0 lead, there was the prospect of the most one-sided Crucible final in history materialising with six breaks of in excess of 52 being compiled, including a 129 and 125.

However, the resilience that Jones showed either side of the break in sessions was admirable, producing . . .