Kyren Wilson is thru to the Winners’ Group of Championship League Snooker after rising from Group 3 on Thursday in Leicester.
The world champion edged Jak Jones 3-2 within the ultimate in what was a repeat of their Crucible ultimate from final Could.
Wilson misplaced solely one among his round-robin fixtures to comfortably qualify for the knockout phases on the Mattioli Area.
The 33 year-old then edged Ali Carter, who triumphed on the rating occasion model of Championship League Snooker final summer time, in a semi-final decider.
Within the group ultimate, Wilson took the opening body towards Jones with a break of 54 earlier than his opponent responded with contributions of 70 and 115.
At this level, Jones will need to have been considering that it was going to be third-time fortunate having already been denied within the finals of each Group 1 and Group 2.
However Wilson received the fourth body with assistance from a break of 69 earlier than a run of 55 introduced him previous the successful submit.
Group 3 earlier created headlines for the withdrawal of Ronnie O’Sullivan.
The Rocket had already misplaced 4 out of his first 5 league matches earlier than pulling out forward of his final scheduled match with Carter.
It gifted everybody within the group a walkover victory towards O’Sullivan, whose preparations for subsequent week’s Masters defence had been hampered by tip issues and ailing temperament.
Prize Cash
Teams 1–7
Winner: £3,000
Runner-up: £2,000
Semi-final: £1,000
Body-win (league stage): £100
Body-win (play-offs): £300
Highest break: £500
Winners’ Group
Winner: £10,000
Runner-up: £5,000
Semi-final: £3,000
Body-win (league stage): £200
Body-win (play-offs): £300
Highest break: £1,000
Kyren Wilson, in the meantime, has assured his place in February’s Winner’s Group, the place he joins earlier group winners Hossein Vafaei and Si Jiahui.
Welshman Jones, who can take comfort within the reality he has earned some huge cash from the occasion so removed from the assorted bonuses on supply, can have one other crack in Group 4.
He’ll be joined by Mark Selby, who received all of his round-robin video games earlier than dropping to Jones within the final 4.
There might be 5 newcomers to the fray on Friday and Saturday in Stuart Bingham, Matthew Selt, Jimmy Robertson, Jackson Web page, and 2024 runner-up Joe O’Connor.
Schedule
Group 1: January 3–4
Hossein Vafaei
Jak Jones
Pang Junxu
Ryan Day
Chris WakelinElliot Slessor
Gary Wilson
Group 2: January 6–7
Si Jiahui
Jak Jones
Ali Carter
Chris Wakelin
Robert MilkinsRyan Day
Pang Junxu
Group 3: January 8–9
Kyren Wilson
Jak Jones
Mark SelbyAli Carter
Chris Wakelin
Robert Milkins
Ronnie O’Sullivan
Group 4: January 10–11
Jak Jones
Mark Selby
Stuart Bingham
Jackson Web page
Jimmy Robertson
Joe O’Connor
Matthew Selt
Group 5: January 20–21
Judd Trump
Tom Ford
Neil Robertson
Group 6: January 22–23
David Gilbert
Jack Lisowski
Noppon Saengkham
Group 7: January 24–25
Xiao Guodong
Zhou Yuelong
Matthew Selt
Winners’ Group: February 3–4
Featured photograph credit score: WST
