Sheffield, May 5 (IANS) Wu Yize conquered the World Snooker Championship title for the first time and became the second consecutive Chinese winner as he beat Shaun Murphy 18-17 in one of the all-time great finals. Aged 22 and 202 days, he is the second youngest ever world champion, after Stephen Hendry, who was 21 in 1990. He becomes the 25th player to hold the famous silverware at the Crucible, and for the first time there have been four consecutive maiden winners as Wu follows Luca Brecel in 2…
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Sheffield, April 21 (IANS) Stan Moody’s Crucible debut ended in defeat as the teenager made critical errors in the closing stages of a 10-7 defeat against Kyren Wilson in the first round of the World Snooker Championship.The 19-year-old British teen, was on course to become the youngest player to win a match at the Crucible since Ronnie O’Sullivan in 1995 when he led 7-3, but crucially he passed up a chance to go 8-3 ahead, and later another to make it 8-6. Wilson showed the resolve which won hi…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The 19-year-old British player Stan Moody has qualified for the World Snooker Championships for the first time after beating China’s Jiang Jun, a day after discharging himself from hospital with tonsillitis. Moody, long touted as a star of the future, will be the first British teenager to play at the Crucible since Judd Trump in 2007. He made a fantastic century in the last frame to beat Jiang Jun 10-9. From 6-5 down, world number 44 Moody fired runs of 71, 70, 113 and…