He is the first snooker player born in the 1990s and is known as the strongest born in the 90s. In his short career, he has won four ranking championships.

He is the first person born in the 90s snooker . He is known as the strongest born in the 90s. In his short career, he has won four ranking championships.

However, he almost lost his professional qualification due to unsatisfactory results and returned to the stage as an amateur player. Like a dark horse, he challenged many superstar golfers. Because of his temperament and appearance, he was fondly called "Brother 囧" by fans. , he is a British warrior on the snooker field and a polite British gentleman.

In this issue of Sports Observer, we will tell you about the snooker journey of Karen Wilson, known as "Brother".

As the "strongest post-90s generation", his growth has not been smooth sailing. In 2010, Kyren Wilson had one year of professional qualifications, but because of his mediocre results at that time, he was kicked out of the professional stage.

In the following years, Kyren Wilson returned to everyone's attention as an amateur player.

quite interesting game

The time came on the night of August 14, 2020, and the final stage of the contest between our strongest post-90s generation Karen Wilson and his opponent McGill began. Whoever wins this game will secure a spot in the top half of the finals.

As the first player born in the 1990s to reach the finals of the World Championships, Karen Wilson is expected to create the best result of his career in this game.

His opponent McGill has won the ranking championship twice. He is also feeling hot in this World Championships and has refreshed his best result in the World Championships. However, in comparison of overall strength, the "strongest post-90s generation" still has the advantage. .

In the later stage of the game, Kyren Wilson hit four consecutive hundred-shots and gained a 14:11 lead. He would enter the decisive battle after winning four more rounds, but the dramatic scene between the two professional golfers began. In the

25 round, Kyren Wilson caught the opponent's mistake and scored 94 points in a single shot. In the next round, everything was moving in the right direction, but perhaps his desire to win was too strong, which caused his subsequent shots to fail. Not so ideal.

As a veteran, McGill showed his miracle of overtaking in the 26th game. In the 26th game, he caught Wilson 's defensive error and won the game with 84 points in a single stroke. In the 27th round, he scored 87 points in a single stroke. In the 28th round, McGill almost overwhelmingly tied the score with 122 points in a single stroke. It reached 14:14 and entered the halftime break.

Kellen Wilson's lead was suddenly wiped out. He lost three consecutive games and was tied. After the intermission, the game unfolded a bizarre development like dramatic literature.

Wilson scored one point first, and McGill scored another, and so on until the 31st inning. In the 31st inning, Wilson was in poor condition. After only scoring 6 points at the beginning, he made a major mistake and lost the victory in this inning.

And McGill also took the lead in winning the match point at 16:15. After Wilson withstood the pressure and equalized the score, the deciding game ensued, and this deciding game was also talked about as "comedy billiards". Why is this?

The deciding game followed, but perhaps this round of competition lasted too long, and the level of both sides was greatly reduced. They made each other's mistakes, fed each other the ball, and received penalty points for each other. In one case, Wilson even directly scored the cue ball. In the bag.

This game was also called by the fans as the best in so many years of watching billiards, but Lady Luck chose to side with Karen Wilson. With strength and luck, Wilson won the game first against his opponent. Despite the pressure, he finally defeated McGill 17:16 and entered the World Championship finals.

also became the first player born in the 1990s to reach the finals of the World Championships, which can be said to have created a piece of history. After the game, the two shook hands and hugged each other as if they were lamenting this difficult semi-final, and they seemed like a different kind of " inherited".

In the world of billiards, there have always been celebrities known as the Seven, Five, Three, and the Eighty-Five Tigers. As a representative of the post-90s generation, how did Karen Wilson grow into today's top player?

Growth History

We still have to start to understand his growth process. On December 23, 1991, Wilson was born in the UK, a country of gentlemen. Just like a gentleman, Wilson has always been known as a "good guy". Since he was exposed to billiards since he was a child, Wilson has shown a strong interest in billiards and a high talent for snooker.

When he was 6 years old, he defeated Peter Alberton on the 9-ball table in an exhibition match during a holiday trip with his family. At the latter's suggestion, he started his snooker journey.

However, Wilson, who wanted to join the professional snooker industry at a young age, encountered opposition from his parents. Despite this, he became a professional player in 2010. With years of practice and experience in various competitions, he became somewhat popular. His parents gradually stopped opposing his ideals, and his younger brother even more so. Accompanied him to participate in competitions many times.

But his career did not go smoothly at the beginning. As mentioned above, his results in the first year were not satisfactory, so he was removed from the professional list. For a while, he was not sure whether his choice was correct.

But with the belief that he wanted to make a splash in snooker, he still continued to walk firmly.

In 2012, Wilson reappeared in the public eye as an amateur player and began to frequently participate in PTC small points competitions open to all players.

As the saying goes, after Wilson accumulated enough points, he appeared on the 128-man professional roster again in 2013.

gained attention with its strength.

When it comes to sports competitions like snooker, only those with strength can win the championship. In 2015, a dark horse broke into the big stage of the snooker world. This was not known to the public at the time. The famous Wilson suddenly became famous.

In September 2015, Snooker Shanghai Masters came as scheduled. Wilson started from wild card match defeating Wang Yuchen, and then seemed to be cheating all the way, even defeating Ding Junhui , Mark Allen and many other well-known names A top golfer reaches the finals of a major ranking tournament for the first time. In the

final, Wilson defeated Judd Trump 10-9 and won the first ranking championship in his career. Wilson also became the second post-90s generation to win a ranking championship after Michael White golfer.

Then he began to pursue various honors in the snooker world. In the 2017 Snooker International Championship , he defeated Martin Gould and won the first 147 in his career.

In February 2020, Wilson shot his second shot of 147 in the first round of the Snooker Welsh Open . This year, he felt hot. In the World Snooker Championship in August of the same year, Wilson defeated many masters such as Martin Gould, Trump, , and McGill, but lost to the " Rocket" in the final. " O'Sullivan , won the runner-up.

But in the field of the 2021 British Championship, he met O'Sullivan again. In this decider, Kyren Wilson withstood the pressure and won the game 6:5 with a score of over 100 in a single stroke. An exciting win, a breakthrough victory for him against the pressure of the Rockets.

Now the 2022-2023 Snooker Professional League is still going on. Since the end of last season, Kyren Wilson's world ranking has reached eighth.

, the "strongest post-90s" professional snooker player, will continue to shine on the world stage. I wonder if he can win the fifth ranking championship as he wishes?

Snooker, as a gentleman's sport, has always been loved by everyone. Based on the strength of "囧哥", he is in the ranks of top players, and his various skills have been honed in a relatively balanced manner, but he has not yet been able to He has reached the top level, but he may be able to bring us new surprises in his career ;

As an athlete, the character of "囧Brother" is naturally nothing to say. As a player who strives to win A professional golfer with strong desires, but he doesn't feel too much edge. Some people say that he is the successor of Selby . What do you think?

This issue of Sports Observation ends here. Do you like Kyren Wilson, the snooker player known as the "strongest post-90s generation"? Do you think he can win more honors in his subsequent career? Everyone is welcome to discuss and leave messages in the comment area below the article. If you like my article, please click and follow me to learn more about sports celebrities.