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Wilson produces superb fightback to beat Moody, 19Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Kyren Wilson beat Jak Jones in the 2024 final to become the world championByMichael EmonsBBC Sport journalist at the Crucible Theatre, SheffieldPublished20 April 2026, 13:20 BST225 Comments
Kyren Wilson produced a superb fightback from 6-2 and 7-3 down by winning seven frames in a row to deny 19-year-old Stan Moody a memorable victory on his World Championship debut at the Crucible.
English teenager Moody led 6-3 at the mid-session interval and was on course to become the youngest player to win a match at the famous Sheffield theatre since a 19-year-old Ronnie O’Sullivan beat Dave Harold and Darren Morgan before falling to Stephen Hendry in 1995.
In a thrilling match, arguably the best of the championship so far, 2024 champion Wilson punched the air in delight when he won the 17th frame on a black-ball finish to seal a 10-7 success after Moody had missed a chance to extend the match.
“Just too many bad frames,” stated Moody. “I had the match won at 7-3 but then I missed the red to go 8-3 and he won it with three snookers.
“I felt comfortable out there, but bad frames like that hurt. But I will come back stronger. Hopefully I will be here next year. I just try to learn what shots to play at the right time and to miss less balls.”
Moody, 44th in the world rankings, had to win two matches to qualify.
On the day before his final qualifying match, last Tuesday, he had been in hospital with tonsillitis. But Moody discharged himself before playing, going against medical advice, and beat China’s Jiang Jun 10-9, with a century in the deciding frame, to earn his Crucible spot.
Image source, PA MediaStan Moody is 44th in the world rankings and had to win two matches to qualify
Yorkshireman Moody was the first British teenager to make his debut at the Crucible since Judd Trump in 2007 and got a great reception from the Sheffield crowd.
He made an instant impact with breaks of 84 and 91 in the opening three frames to open up a 3-0 lead – earning praise from some of the sport’s best players during the BBC commentary.
Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry stated: “It’s great to play this way, without thinking of the consequences if you miss.
“He is playing with a freedom of ‘he doesn’t care what he leaves if he misses a pot’.”
Moody had a three-frame lead at the end of the first session following two superb centuries, of 110 and 101.
That advantage stretched to four frames when he took the opening frame of the second session, but Wilson produced a dogged performance to put pressure on the teenager, before eventually moving ahead.
“I dug in deeper than deep,” stated Wilson, who will next play Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen. “It was really difficult at 7-3 down and you just have to keep going to the well and I won a couple of really big frames.
“I was fighting with a few feelings and you have to dig in and win that scrappy one and see if it can turn around. Stan has not got the experience I have got, especially here and I knew coming into the evening the adrenaline would seep out.
“Stan has been a credit, especially to the younger generation. My kids know his name – he is inspiring them and they are going to the same junior tournaments he was playing in.”
Hendry felt this loss would be a vital experience for Moody in his career.
“Quite frankly it has been a collapse, but you learn from these things,” stated Hendry.
“It has been a great match to watch. We’ve seen enough of Stan to know he has a tremendous future in the game if he continues to work hard and learn from this experience.
“There’s no doubt he has got the talent. He has gone through the elation from playing so well to torture and that’s what the Crucible brings.”
Moody hits 110 break to extend two-frame lead against Wilson
Image source, Getty ImagesJohn Higgins has won the world title in 1998, 2007, 2009 and 2011
Four-time champion John Higgins had led 4-0 against Ali Carter on Sunday, only for the Englishman to win five frames in a row to hold the overnight lead.
Higgins, 50, made breaks of 63 and 81 to go ahead, before Carter’s 106 in frame 12 made it 6-6, although the Scot won four of the next five frames to advance 10-7.
That sets up a last-16 match against either seven-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan or Chinese debutant He Guoqiang.
“That’s the first time here I’ve been 4-0 up and then gone 5-4 behind so it was not a great sleep,” stated Higgins. “But I tried to forget about that and get on with my game.
“There’s nobody that has more respect for Ali as a snooker player than me, I’ve played him so many times and sometimes he has been cueing like a dream.
“Deep down when my name was pulled out against him I was not happy – you know you’re in for a mammoth game so I’m over the moon I got the win.”
Carter, beaten by O’Sullivan in the 2008 and 2012 finals, has now gone out in the first round in the Crucible in four years in a row.
“I made a couple of mistakes and got punished severely, just a little bit of a run of the balls – I’m as sick as a dog,” stated Carter.
Ding Junhui, the 2016 runner-up, completed a 10-5 win over David Gilbert, having held a 7-2 lead following Sunday’s opening session.
In an all-Chinese last-16 tie, Ding will take on Zhao Xintong, who became the country’s first world champion in 2025.
Shaun Murphy, the 2005 winner, holds a 5-4 lead over China’s Fan Zhengyi after making a superb 140 clearance in the final frame of the session, with that match finishing on Tuesday evening.
China’s 10th seed Wu Yize made one century and five half-centuries in a one-sided session to lead compatriot Lei Peifan 8-1.
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