Kyren Wilson 18-12 Jak Jones
A fascinating
match-up between two players who have played brilliantly to get to this stage. Understandably
there’ll be nerves with both going for their first World Championship title, up
until this point the pair have looked in control and showed resilience,
bottle and composure in abundance throughout this years World Championship
campaign. Kyren Wilson will have the advantage of playing the final session of
his semi-final earlier so he should be the fresher player going into the first
session, he will hope to gain an early lead on day 1 of the final. He’s looked
a different animal in this year’s event, from thrashing Dale in round 1 to
coming through difficult tests with Gilbert, Higgins & O’Connor, it’s been
an impressive run to the final from “The Warrior” and he will be keen to atone
for his heavy 18-8 defeat to Ronnie O’Sullivan in his sole World Championship
final appearance in 2020. Jak Jones has surprised so many en route to his first
final. The 30-year-old has showed an unbelievable amount of composure displaying
nerves of steel throughout wins against Bingham, Trump, Jiahui
and Anda. His tactical nous and patience has frustrated opponents and the
Welshman has been more than capable of taking advantage when an opportunity
arises. Head-to-head is in favour of Wilson as he holds a 4-1 lead and he’ll be
confident of extending that lead in the biggest match of his career to date. Very
little has phased Jones to this stage, but let’s not underestimate how big the
next couple of days are in his career, the fact Wilson has already experienced a
final may stand to him coming down the home straight as he aims to lift the
title for the first time.
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