Kyren Wilson reached a second World Snooker Championship final by downing David Gilbert 17-11 at the semi-final stage at the Crucible Theatre and will face Welsh qualifier Jak Jones after he saw off Stuart Bingham.
Wilson won five frames on the bounce on Friday to surge into a 14-10 overnight lead – just three frames away from victory – and although Gilbert won the first of the day on Saturday afternoon to close the gap, Wilson knuckled down and won three on the trot to seal victory. Having lost in the 2020 World Championship final to Ronnie O’Sullivan in front of a Covid-reduced crowd, the world No 12 will now walk out on Sunday in front of a packed Crucible crowd as the favourite to lift a first world title.
The other last-four encounter was a much grittier affair than the relatively free-flowing contest between Wilson and Gilbert. It was slow going between Bingham and Jones, who were unable to be separated after the first two sessions before Welshman Jones pulled into a 13-10 lead with five frames on the spin on Saturday morning.
The duo were pulled off early due to slow play and although 2015 world champion Bingham did win the first frame of the evening, Jones managed to pull away to reach his first world final and set up a clash against Wilson.
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