Kyren Wilson agrees with Ronnie O'Sullivan over bold Judd Trump observation

Kyren Wilson volition look Shaun Murphy successful the 2025 Masters last aft beating Judd Trump, and Ronnie O'Sullivan was impressed with his cognition towards 'The Ace successful the Pack'

Snooker ace Ronnie O'Sullivan was connected the wealth aft helium spotted thing intriguing astir Kyren Wilson's show against Judd Trump.

'The Warrior' notched an awesome 6-3 triumph implicit Trump connected Saturday to unafraid his spot successful the 2025 Masters final. Wilson is acceptable to instrumentality connected Shaun Murphy successful Sunday's rubric decider aft 'The Magician' dispatched Mark Allen with an identical 6-3 effect successful their semi-final clash.

It's been 7 agelong years since Wilson's constrictive 10-7 decision to Allen successful his maiden Masters final, and he's anxious to close past wrongs. Despite the value of anticipation astatine Alexandra Palace, Wilson looked to beryllium relishing his triumph implicit Trump mid-match, oregon truthful O'Sullivan perceived.

"Yeah, I don't blag it," Wilson told Eurosport's Radzi Chinyanganya, confirming O'Sullivan's hunch that helium enjoys squaring disconnected against Trump. "I don't conscionable accidental it due to the fact that you've got to marque your hostile consciousness edgy. I genuinely bask it.

"For me... you person your opponents you consciousness similar you've got to get past to triumph these large events. The likes of you [gestures to O'Sullivan] and John [Higgins], you and [Stephen] Hendry, those sorts of players.

"For me, helium is 1 of those players. You know, if I'm gonna beryllium palmy successful this game, I person to get past that man. So I've benignant of adapted my caput to bask it."

Facing the world's top-ranked snooker subordinate mightiness daunt many, but for Wilson, it's a situation helium enjoys. The reigning satellite champion is well-liked connected the World Snooker Tour for his humble and relaxed demeanour, which comes done successful the mode helium goes astir competition.

The rivalry with Trump isn't conscionable astir performance, either. Their head-to-head successful peculiar holds a beloved spot successful Wilson's heart, and helium recalled a pivotal triumph that propelled him into the limelight.

"I deliberation it helped winning aboriginal successful my vocation successful Shanghai successful 2015," added Wilson arsenic helium reminisced astir his constrictive triumph implicit Trump to gain his archetypal ranking rubric astatine the Shanghai Masters astir a decennary ago. "So overmuch pressure. I had £400 successful my slope relationship successful that last [laughs].

"[Wilson's wife] Sophie went to Tenerife. We saved up €400, and past she didn't enactment nappies successful the suitcase with Ryanair to save money, and past she mislaid it. And past I won that tournament, I bushed him successful that final, and that was a monolithic turning constituent successful my life. And that gave maine a batch of assurance playing him going forward."