Jak Jones vs Kyren Wilson LIVE: World Snooker Championship score and updates from unlikely Crucible final

Jak Jones faces Kyren Wilson in the final at the Crucible as both players look to land a first major title

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Qualifier Jak Jones will have to battle back after Kyren Wilson made a dominant start to a surprise World Snooker Championship final.

The opening session of the best-of-35 Crucible Theatre showpiece, held over two days, was controlled from start to finish by Wilson, opening with a superb 129 and scoring freely throughout with a nervy Jones unable to find his flow. With some uncharacteristically loose safety play from the Welshman affording him regularly opportunities to build breaks, Wilson showed off his clean cueing to take the first seven frames of the match before Jones at last got on the board in the final frame of the afternoon session to trail 7-1.

Unheralded Jones, who beat former world champion Stuart Bingham 17-12 in last night’s semi-final, entered as the underdog but has shown his talents in also beating Judd Trump in this tournament. Wilson, meanwhile, defeated David Gilbert in the other semi-final and the 32-year-old Englishman is edging closer to ending his major title drought after showing plenty of potential earlier in his career.

Follow all the action from the World Snooker Championship below, and get the latest predictions and odds here:

World Snooker Championship updates - Jak Jones v Kyren Wilson

• World Snooker Championship final underway at Crucible Theatre
• Jak Jones faces Kyren Wilson for first major title in best-of-35 frame final
• Wilson takes control with dominant display in afternoon session
• Latest score: Wilson 10-6 Jones

[5 May 2024 09:15 · Jamie Braidwood]

World Snooker Championship final: Jak Jones vs Kyren Wilson

Kyren Wilson, the 12th seed, took three of the four frames required in Saturday’s third session to wrap up a 17-11 victory that earns him a second crack at the title following his defeat in the 2020 final to Ronnie O’Sullivan.

Five frames in succession in their second session on Friday evening had done the damage as Wilson turned a neck-and-neck clash, that was finely poised at 9-9, into a four-frame advantage he never looked likely to squander.

Gilbert did reduce the deficit to 14-11 with a break of 70 in the opening frame of the day, but after coming off worse in a lengthy safety battle in the next, his fate was effectively sealed.

(Mike Egerton/PA Wire)

[5 May 2024 09:02 · Jamie Braidwood]

World Snooker Championship final times and schedule

Upcoming schedule

Sunday 5 May – final (best of 35)

1pm

Kyren Wilson v Jak Jones

7pm

Kyren Wilson v Jak Jones

Monday 6 May – final (best of 35)

1pm

Kyren Wilson v Jak Jones

7pm

Kyren Wilson v Jak Jones

[5 May 2024 09:01 · Jamie Braidwood]

Kyren Wilson and Jak Jones set up unlikely World Snooker Championship final

Here’s a report on last night’s action as Kyren Wilson eased into his second World Snooker Championship final after completing a win over qualifier David Gilbert at the Crucible Theatre.

Wilson punched the air and blew a kiss to his family in the stand after potting the decisive blue and will start a heavy favourite in his second final against Jak Jones, who beat Stuart Bingham 17-12 in the second semi-final, which was much stodgier and slower going than the free-flowing Wilson v Gilbert contest.

[5 May 2024 09:00 · Jamie Braidwood]

Good morning

Hello and welcome to live coverage of the World Snooker Championship final between Jak Jones and Kyren Wilson. It’s something of a surprise line-up, as we start the two-day best-of-35 frames Crucible Theatre showpiece.

Welshman Jones, who beat former world champion Stuart Bingham 17-12 last night’s semi-final, will be the underdog in the final but has shown his talents in also beating Judd Trump in this tournament. The 30-year-old made his Crucible debut only last year and has shaken off doubts over his former on his storming run to the final, where he will look to join the illustrious board of former champions.

Wilson, meanwhile, has appeared in the World Snooker Championship final before but this will be a different experience to his heavy 2020 final defeat to Ronnie O’Sullivan, which was played in front of a one-third full arena due to Covid restrictions. Wilson defeat David Gilbert in the other semi-final and the 32-year-old Englishman is edging closer to ending his major title drought after showing plenty of potential earlier in his career.

Follow all the build-up in today’s live blog