{"id":409250,"date":"2026-04-21T02:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/409250\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T02:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:06:10","slug":"world-snooker-championship-gutted-i-had-the-match-won-at-7-3-teen-stan-moody-reacts-after-blowing-his-chance-against-kyren-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/409250\/","title":{"rendered":"World Snooker Championship: \u2018Gutted . . .\u00a0I had the match won at 7-3\u2019 \u2013\u00a0Teen\u00a0Stan Moody reacts after blowing his chance against Kyren Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kyren<\/p>\n

Kyren Wilson celebrates beating Stan Moody on day three of the Halo World Snooker Championship 2026 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. (Martin Rickett\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n

Shell-shocked Stan Moody blew his chance to become the first teenager to win a match at the World Snooker Championship since 2005 as he fell to a 10-7 defeat to 2024 champion Kyren Wilson.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old from Halifax began his Crucible debut in blistering fashion with two centuries and two further breaks over 80 to establish an improbable 6-3 lead at the end of a memorable morning session.<\/p>\n

Moody duly extended his lead by taking the first frame upon the evening\u2019s resumption, only for Wilson to reel off seven frames in a row to shatter the qualifier\u2019s hopes of emulating Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan, the last teenager to win a Crucible match 21 years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cGutted,\u201d Moody told the BBC: \u201cI had the match won at 7-3 and the red to go 8-3, and then it turned around. I felt comfortable out there, but to lose bad frames like that, it hurts. I\u2019ll go away and practice and come back strong.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Stan<\/p>\n

Stan Moody during his match with Kyren Wilson <\/p>\n

The pivotal moment came in the 12th frame when Moody missed a red along the top cushion to effectively seal an 8-3 lead. Instead, Wilson cleared the remaining balls and forced a re-spotted black, which he won to reduce the arrears to 7-4.<\/p>\n

As Moody\u2019s previously solid game began to fall apart, he was far too casual trying to escape from three snookers Wilson required to salvage the 14th frame. Wilson got what he needed to haul level, and from there it was a relatively straightforward route to victory for the third seed.<\/p>\n

Wilson will face Mark Allen in the second round, but revealed problems with his cue \u2013 which he intends to change after the tournament in time for next season \u2013 are threatening his chances of repeating his 2024 success.<\/p>\n

\u201cI absolutely hate my cue,\u201d Wilson admitted afterwards. \u201cIt\u2019s too flexible at the top, I\u2019ve got no control, I\u2019ve got no feel in my hand. I\u2019m just fighting all the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just trying to dig it out with this one. It\u2019s torture, but I\u2019m trying.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former winner Shaun Murphy finished with a flourish to ensure he will take a narrow 5-4 lead into Tuesday\u2019s deciding session of his first-round match against Chinese qualifier Fan Zhengyi.<\/p>\n

Murphy struggled to find his consistency for much of the evening but saved his best for the last frame of the night when he summoned a 140 total clearance to just about assume control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyren Wilson celebrates beating Stan Moody on day three of the Halo World Snooker Championship 2026 at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,898,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-409250","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-latest-news-ticker","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}