Latest World Snooker Championship News & Updates

Sheffield, April 22 (IANS) World number one Judd Trump won five of the last six frames to surge to a comfortable 10-5 win over Gary Wilson at the World Snooker Championship. The 31-time ranking event winner is aiming to capture snooker’s biggest prize for just the second time in his career, having beaten John Higgins in the 2019 title match. Trump held a 5-4 advantage coming into this evening’s session, having rallied from 4-1 down this morning. Wilson crafted contributions of 58 and 33 in the o…

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…