Kyren Wilson 16-11 Jak Jones
A break of 105 wins the frame as Jak Jones clears the table.
He reduces the gap to five frames and will be hoping this can be the first of many he wins tonight.
That is Jones' first century of this final.
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World Snooker Championship final 2024 LIVE RESULTS: Kyren Wilson SIX FRAMES ahead of Jak Jones in final session – latest
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Kyren Wilson 16-10 Jak Jones
Jones has a chance to try and claw a frame back here.
He is currently on a break of 20 and leads the frame 20-16.
With the way the reds are spread this is a chance to make a frame-winning break.
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Kyren Wilson 16-10 Jak Jones
Wilson gets a mini break of 11 before playing the cue ball behind the green for a great safety.
Jones gets out of it but leaves yet another chance for Wilson.
He plays a great plant to give himself the chance of a break.
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Kyren Wilson 16-10 Jak Jones
Wilson takes the frame 67-35 to move him to within two frames of victory.
Jones made it harder for himself there, he had plenty of chances to take that frame.
He heads off for a toilet break to give himself a little pep talk no doubt.
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Kyren Wilson 15-10 Jak Jones
Wilson manages to get Jones into a snooker and the Welshman plays and misses.
He will get to have one more chance at this, striking it full ball, but leaving the pot on for his opponent.
Kyren Wilson leads the frame 54-35 after sinking the last red.
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Kyren Wilson 15-10 Jak Jones
Wilson is unlucky as he tries to work the last remaining red away from the cushion but with no joy.
He plays a safety but Jones finds it easy to reply with a snooker.
Wilson leads the frame 49-35 with just one red left on the table.
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Kyren Wilson 15-10 Jak Jones
Jak Jones has had plenty of chances in this frame already.
Once again, with plenty of reds out in the open he misses a pot and gift wraps a chance for his opponent.
With the form Kyren Wilson has been in, there are only so many times you can do this before he is going to make you pay.
Currently Wilson leads the frame 43-35.
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Kyren Wilson 15-10 Jak Jones
Jones takes another long pot on from the baulk cushion but on this occasion he rattles it and spreads the remaining reds out.
Wilson pots into the middle but is left with a tricky shot on the black at the baulk cushion.
The Englishman misses the pot but the cue ball is tight to the cushion and he has really left nothing on for Jones.
As it stands, Jones leads 26-5 in the frame.
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Kyren Wilson 15-10 Jak Jones
Wilson's attempted safety the second time around hits the black and leaves a stray red as a potential pot.
Jones plays a great long red before playing the blue into the green pocket.
Once again Jones adds 13 before some poor cue ball position brings the break to an abrupt end.
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Kyren Wilson 15-10 Jak Jones
Jones cuts a red into the middle and amasses a break of 13 before he misses the black on its spot.
He seems to have got lucky as he has left nothing on for Wilson at all.
Kyren Wilson plays a great safety though, leaving the cue ball at the top of the table behind the missed black.
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Business end of tournament looms
This is the moment we have been building to over the last few weeks.
It is the final session of the World Snooker Championship.
We will see whether Kyren Wilson can go on to get the frame required for victory or Jak Jones make an unlikely comeback to be crowned champion.
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Fairytale required for final victory
If Jak Jones was to go on and win the World Snooker Championship, it would be one of the greatest comebacks this tournament has ever seen.
Heading into the final session, he requires 8 frames to reach the finishing line, while not allowing his opponent to win more than 2.
It is all about having some downtime now, getting on the practice tables, and making sure he is firing on all cylinders for that evening session.
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Welshman winning either way
Even if he does have to fill the role of runner-up this evening, it has been a brilliant tournament for Jak Jones.
As a result of his run, he will now feature in the top 16 in the world rankings which will open up more tournaments for him next season.
All of this is something he could not have dreamt of when he was playing his early qualifying matches.
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The best tournament in snooker
There can be no denying that the World Snooker Championship is the pinnacle of the snooker calendar.
Once again we have seen some big upsets, amazing play and potting to behold.
While there have not been as many century breaks with what seems to be tighter pockets, it has made the world's best work harder for the trophy.
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'Silver Lady' looking for a new home
After Luca Brecel took home the trophy last year, one of these two players will be taking her home this evening.
It would take a monumental comeback from Jak Jones to be taking the trophy back to Wales but anything is possible in this tournament.
Kyren Wilson may feel the nerves as he edges towards the finishing line, something his opponent will need to capitalise on.
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Form eluding Welsh challenger
En-route to the final, Jak Jones has played some brilliant snooker and nobody can deny that he deserves his place here.
All too often on the big occasion, that form has just not been with him.
Whether it is the pressure of The Crucible cauldron or the nerves of his first major final, Jones has been left scratching his head over his lack of form.
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Evening session will crown a champion
Leading 15-10, many cannot see past Kyren Wilson winning this World Snooker Championship.
The Englishman needs just three frames to get his hands on the 'silver lady'.
Going into the evening session, Wilson could not have hoped to be in a better position than he is.
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Kyren Wilson 15-10 Jak Jones
Jak Jones misses an easy yellow to the middle pocket.
Kyren Wilson cannot believe his luck as he is coming to the table with absolute sitters there for him.
He does not make any errors and sees the frame off 81-9.
When they resume for the evening session, Wilson is now within reach of the victory.
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Kyren Wilson 14-10 Jak Jones
Wilson scores 22 to move into a 54-2 lead before looking to hit a pot extremely hard and misses it as a result.
Jones did not think he was going to be coming back to the table but he has been presented a massive chance.
In terms of World Snooker Championship, for Jak Jones, it could all rest on this break.
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Kyren Wilson 14-10 Jak Jones
Wilson scores 32 before missing a red to the middle pocket.
He has left nothing on so the players exchange safety shots.
Jones manages to open the pack and leave the cue ball up by the baulk cushion.
Wilson plays a poor safety and leaves a loose red which Jones pots.
He undoes all his good work as he misses a fairly simple black and has gift-wrapped another big chance for Wilson to take this final frame of the session.
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Kyren Wilson 14-10 Jak Jones
Jones takes on a long pot but gets it all wrong.
He presents a big chance to Wilson to win the last frame of the session.
Kyren Wilson knows how important this frame is, even refusing to take on long pots in favour of leaving the cue ball safe on the baulk cushion.
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Kyren Wilson 14-10 Jak Jones
Kyren Wilson clears up with a break of 87.
He once again takes a four frame lead in this final.
We now have the final frame of this session and for Jak Jones, it is now a must-win.
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Kyren Wilson 13-10 Jak Jones
A missed long pot by Jones has given Wilson the chance to put this frame to bed.
The Welshman has really started to struggle with his long pots in this session.
We had a slight unintended break after a fan was ill and helped out of the arena after apparently vomiting in their seat.
A cleaner had to come in to clear up the mess and got a huge cheer from the crowd for their work.
Meanwhile, Wilson now leads the frame 62-1 and is currently on a break of 43.
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Kyren Wilson 13-10 Jak Jones
How about this for action.
Jones goes for a long pot and misses and smashes up all the reds as the fans gasp.
Unbelievably, a loose red drops into the pocket to huge cheers.
Just as he gets a chance from nothing he misses the blue up to the yellow pocket by some way and to make matters worse a red drops in to give Wilson a foul.
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Kyren Wilson 13-10 Jak Jones
Wilson is in for the first time in another frame.
As he uses the pot on the blue to go into the pack, he is left with nothing on.
A small break of 13 and he decides to leave the cue ball up by the baulk cushion.