2024-05-07 07:26:43
[Tilu News]The Crucible welcomes a new “post-90s” king for the second year in a row! The 2024 World Table Tennis Championships ended on Monday (6). Englishman Kyren Wilson beat this year’s “super dark horse” Jak Jones 18:14 and won the world championship for the first time. ” Championship, sixth ranking event crown, the world ranking climbed 9 places to a career-high third place, surpassing “Rocket” Ronnie O’Sullivan who stopped in the top 8.
This year’s World Table Tennis Championships were marked by twists and turns. With Judd Trump and O’Sullivan disqualified from the top eight, all of the world’s top 10 players were eliminated. Kyren Wilson, ranked 12th, became the only top-four seed, and the other three were all qualified. It was the first time since 1977, 47 years later, that it was shocking.
(Photo: WST)
(Photo: WST)
Wilson, 32, beat four-time league champion John Higgins in the top four and reached the World Championship final for the second time following 2020. His opponent Jones was ranked 44th. He defeated Zhuolinpu in the quarterfinals in a shocking upset. , once once more showed his true “dark horse” qualities in the semi-final, beating Stuart Bingham who brought down the “Rocket”. However, Jones might not continue to taste the sweetness of the decisive battle once morest Wilson. The latter was on fire in the first stage of the battle, beating 100 in two consecutive shots (129 and 125 degrees) and 50+ in four shots (52, 66, 62 and 90 degrees), leading 7:0 by a single cut. In the 8th inning, Jones scored 65 points. After that, Wilson maintained his level and led 11:6 following completing the second stage.
After a night’s rest, the two teams returned to battle. In the third stage, each won 4 matches, and Wilson still held a 5 match advantage (15:10). Entering the final stage, Wilson did not give his opponent a chance to counterattack and eventually won 18:14. He was crowned world champion for the first time and became the second “post-90s” king since Luca Brecel of Belgium last year. .
(Photo: WST)
(Photo: WST)
“Can you imagine? It would be extremely embarrassing if I lost the match, because my grandson was dressed neatly.” Wilson, who rose to No. 3 in the world at the end of the year, expressed his true feelings followingwards. winning the championship and shedding tears of excitement: “I cried once at the Masters, and I said I would never cry once more, but I mightn’t help it. I want to thank everyone the world here, you made this place different for me in the second final (lost to O’Sullivan in the 2020 World Championship final), I did not feel such an atmosphere that I will never forget.
(Photo: WST)
(Photo: WST)
Wilson continued: “I’ve been dreaming of this day since I was 6 years old. Winning the game in front of my whole family is exactly what I dreamed of. Jones tried his best and it wasn’t easy for me to persevere. In the last game I Scoring a super score and becoming world champion means everything I was very sad to lose to Ronnie (Osuliyun) in the 2020 final, I would be heartbroken jokingly following winning the championship. , he was going to eat kebabs and drink a few bottles of beer to celebrate!
This article is written by “Sports route“Originally published in”World Table Tennis Championships｜A new king ascends the throne! Wilson defeated Super Dark Horse to win the championship “I will be extremely embarrassed if I lose the game”“
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