Moody, 19, Surges Ahead Of 2024 Champion Wilson

English teen Stan Moody made a hugely awesome debut astatine nan Crucible arsenic he moved into a 6-3 lead successful his World Championship first-round lucifer against erstwhile victor Kyren Wilson.

Moody, 19, needs 4 much frames to go nan youngest subordinate to triumph a lucifer astatine nan celebrated Sheffield theatre since a 19-year-old Ronnie O'Sullivan hit Dave Harold and Darren Morgan earlier falling to Stephen Hendry successful 1995.

Wilson, nan 2024 champion, will person to triumph 7 frames successful Monday's evening session, which originates astatine 19:00 BST, if he is to advance.

After getting a awesome reception from nan crowd, Moody, who comes from Halifax, little than 50 miles distant from nan Crucible, made an instant effect pinch a break of 84.

He past took nan adjacent 2 frames, including a break of 91, to lead 3-0 earlier Wilson won 2 frames successful a row. However, Moody responded superbly pinch 2 hundreds of years successful 3 frames, 110 successful framework six and 101 2 frames later.

Wilson claimed nan last framework of nan convention to trim nan shortage to three.

Moody is 44th successful nan world rankings and had to triumph 2 matches to qualify.

On nan time earlier his last qualifying match, past Tuesday, he had been successful infirmary pinch tonsillitis. But Moody discharged himself earlier playing, going against aesculapian advice, and hit China's Jiang Jun 10-9 acknowledgment to a period successful nan deciding framework to gain his Crucible spot.