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The climax of the snooker season is almost upon us with the biggest names in the sport contesting the 47th World Championship at the famous Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Ronnie O'Sullivan collected his seventh world title last year, but the sport's world No. 1 will face immense competition this year.
Head-to-head Shaun has had the better of Kyren in earlier meetings, leading their series 7-4. The most epochal meeting between them was in the semi-final of the 2021 World Championship, where Kyren let an 11-6 lead slip and watched on in horror as Shaun won 11 of the next 12 to reach the final. Ad Tour ChampionshipO'Sullivan handed major boost ahead of world title defence4 HOURS AGO Warrior Kyren has probably never played better in a multiple session match than he did in his semi-final against Ding Junhui, where he registered six centuries on the way to a 10-5 victory.
The countdown to the 2023 World Snooker Championship has begun with the qualifying campaign kicking off in Sheffield. Ahead of the main event at the Crucible Theatre, the field needs to be whittled down to 16 players, who will join the top 16 in the world rankings in the main draw on April 15.
World champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has been handed a major boost ahead of his bid for a record eighth Crucible crown in Sheffield later this month. Despite failing to lift a ranking event this season, O'Sullivan has clung onto top spot in the world boosted by the £500,000 he earned for his 18-13 win over Judd Trump in last year's World Championship final that saw him equal Stephen Hendry's haul of seven titles between 1990-1999.
Shaun Murphy withstood a typically dogged performance from Mark Selby to win a final-frame decider in the semi-final of the Tour Championship. The 2005 world champion emerged from a titanic tussle with a 10-9 win to set up a final showdown with Kyren Wilson at the Bonus Arena in Hull. Ad It was a tense, high-quality affair with Murphy’s 59 in frame 19 – his eighth 50+ break of the match to his opponent’s nine – ensured his progression to the final of the season’s penultimate ranking event of the season.
Superb Wilson notches six centuries as Ding is swept aside Kyren Wilson delivered a performance out of the top drawer to sink Ding Junhui 10-5 and power into the final of the Tour Championship. Ad The European Masters winner’s form has been trending in the right direction in recent weeks, and he followed his run to the semi-finals of the Players Championship last month by going at least one step further in Hull.
Kyren Wilson booked his place in the final of the Duelbits Tour Championship with a brilliant display of scoring in Hull.
The top 16 for the Snooker World Championship has been confirmed following Ryan Day’s 10-7 defeat to Mark Selby at the Tour Championship. Day was competing against Ding Junhui and Gary Wilson coming into this week before the Crucible, for a seeded place at the World Championship. Ad However, Day needed to beat Selby to stay in the running for an automatic Crucible spot since Ding was victorious over Mark Allen earlier in the week.