World champ Kyren Wilson launches explosive snooker rant over 'same s***, different day'

World snooker champion Kyren Wilson has doubled down connected his rant pursuing his fourth-round exit astatine the British Open, claiming his 'face doesn't fit'

Kyren Wilson launched an explosive rant astatine the snooker authorities pursuing his decision astatine the British Open.

The world champion was dumped retired successful the 4th circular successful Cheltenham, losing 4-2 to Elliott Slessor. Afterwards, Wilson took to Instagram to kick astir his attraction this season.

The 32-year-old said helium had been “demoted” from the main array astatine tournaments, including astatine the caller Saudi Arabia Masters. Wilson besides moaned astir being fixed the “graveyard shift” astatine the English Open successful Brentwood past week and concluded by claiming his “face doesn’t fit”.

As a world champion, helium believes helium deserves better. Wilson blasted: “Same s*** antithetic time demoted to array 2 again and get recovered out! What benefits does a satellite champion get nowadays?

“Graveyard displacement successful Brentwood, array 2 successful Saudi each crippled whilst being the fig 1 effect there! Table 2 contiguous successful Cheltenham and being the highest ranked successful the session… unluckily thing ever changes with the athletics I love, if your look doesn’t fit… pugnacious [thumbs up emoji].”

Wilson aboriginal added connected X: “People tin person their opinions, Always been that you gain the close for the privileges. Apparently not anymore. I ever effort to beforehand the athletics and beryllium a bully ambassador for it. What’s the point?

Several snooker fans agreed with Wilson’s complaints, with 1 saying connected X: “He's got a point. There's nary consistency connected however they determine the TV match. Sometimes it's the highest ranked player, often it's the astir fashionable player, and seldom it's the champion match.”

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Another added: “Has a constituent but anticipation he’s not blaming his nonaccomplishment connected that. Would beryllium disrespectful to ES, arsenic it’s a large triumph for him.” Others though suggested Wilson’s benignant of play whitethorn beryllium counting against him. One suggested: “Maybe it's due to the fact that his benignant doesn't pull the crowds.”

A 2nd said: “He mightiness person a case, but besides a batch amended players to watch. It's a concern truthful you can't blasted WST if different players get preference.”

Slessor’s reward for his triumph implicit the Crucible king is simply a quarter-final against John Higgins. The item of the last-eight ties is satellite fig 1 Judd Trump versus Mark Allen, who made a 147 against Ben Mertens earlier successful the week.

That maximum interruption came days aft helium said a array astatine the tourney “needs to beryllium burned” pursuing his triumph implicit Gary Wilson amid a rant astir playing conditions during an interview.

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