English teenager Stan Moody made a massively spectacular debut on the Crucible as he moved right into a 6-3 lead in his World Championship first-round match towards former winner Kyren Wilson.
Moody, 19, wants 4 extra frames to turn into the youngest participant to win a match on the well-known Sheffield theatre since a 19-year-old Ronnie O’Sullivan beat Dave Harold and Darren Morgan earlier than falling to Stephen Hendry in 1995.
Wilson, the 2024 champion, should win seven frames in Monday’s night session, which begins at 19:00 BST, if he’s to advance.
After getting an ideal reception from the group, Moody, who comes from Halifax, lower than 50 miles away from the Crucible, made an on the spot impression with a break of 84.
He then took the subsequent two frames, together with a break of 91, to guide 3-0 earlier than Wilson received two frames in a row. Nevertheless, Moody responded fantastically with two centuries in three frames, 110 in body six and 101 two frames later.
Wilson claimed the ultimate body of the session to scale back the deficit to a few.
Moody is forty fourth on the planet rankings and needed to win two matches to qualify.
On the day earlier than his closing qualifying match, final Tuesday, he had been in hospital with tonsillitis. However Moody discharged himself earlier than enjoying, going towards medical recommendation, and beat China’s Jiang Jun 10-9 because of a century within the deciding body to earn his Crucible spot.
