World snooker champion’s brother reveals they were chased out of Crucible by ‘group of lads threatening us’
WORLD SNOOKER champion Kyren Wilson’s brother revealed they were chased out of Crucible by a threatening group.
Wilson was beaten by Ronnie O’Sullivan in 2020 and brother Taylor has opened up about their daunting pre-match experience.
He told Talking Snooker: “There was a group of lads threatening us in the car park. A group of four lads in the car park.
“Because we used to park in the NCP next door to the Crucible. And there were a group of lads sending weird photos to Kyren on Instagram of them holding bottles and stuff in their car or whatever.
“And we walked down into the car park after the first session and they were just waiting and it ended up being a bit of a car chase outside of the arena.
“And we just say there and thought, ‘What’s going on?’ About to play in a world final off the back of finishing your first session.
“All you want to do is chill out, decompress and get ready to go again.
“Last thing you want to do is getting started on by a group of lads in the car park on the way home.”
Wilson was beaten 18–8 in the final that by O’Sullivan.
But he got his hands on the trophy this May with victory over Jak Jones to also scoop the £100,000 prize.
Now he is eyeing the UK Championship, which gets under way at the York Barbican on Monday.
He said: “I feel like I am coming to the peak of my powers and starting to play some of my best snooker consistently.
“It is coming out on the match table. It has been frustrating because it has always been there in practice.
“It is hard to transfer it over to the match table sometimes because it means so much, but I feel like that is coming now and you are seeing the best version of me.
“So obviously I want to strike while the iron is hot. I love going to tournaments and being introduced as the reigning world champion.
“It is incredible and gives me goosebumps down my back.
“There is definitely a feel-good factor and I go into my games with a lot more clout now and confidence around me and you do create a little bit of a fear factor around yourself.”