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Wilson and O'Sullivan to contest the World Snooker Championship final

Kyren Wilson and Ronnie O'Sullivan have booked their places in tomorrow's World Snooker Champions...
Will O'Callaghan
Will O'Callaghan

23.01 14 Aug 2020


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Wilson and O'Sullivan to conte...

Wilson and O'Sullivan to contest the World Snooker Championship final

Will O'Callaghan
Will O'Callaghan

23.01 14 Aug 2020


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Kyren Wilson and Ronnie O'Sullivan have booked their places in tomorrow's World Snooker Championship final after a night of high drama at the Crucible. 

Both semi-finals went to a deciding frame with Wilson reaching the showpiece for the first time coming from behind to beat Scotland's Anthony McGill 17-16.

Ronnie O'Sullivan was also one frame away from defeat, but fought back to beat Mark Selby by the same score.

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Five-time champion O'Sullivan had been 5-3 up against Selby before falling 16-14 down in Sheffield.

A 138 clearance and a 71 break from the 19 time Triple Crown winner forced a deciding frame and then successfully secure a snooker after the final red to edge an epic and register his first Crucible victory over Selby.

"For three days I've just been looking for a cue action where I can hit the ball half straight," O'Sullivan told the BBC after the match. 

"I'm watching Selby cue up and he's got the perfect set-up and the perfect start by trying to make the score look respectable, but some of my play wasn't great.

"If I can find the cue action then I will enjoy the final. Cue action first and everything else is a bonus."


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