Kyren Wilson has revealed he told Scottish snooker legend John Higgins to "sod off" after he’d thumped the Englishman to reach the quarter-final of the World Snooker Championships.
Wilson was well beaten by the four-time champion during their match at the Crucible in Sheffield but could walk away £55,000 better off after bagging a 147 in his previous match against Ryan Day. At one point during the Higgins/Wilson encounter the Scot looked to be on for a maximum himself but came up short. If he managed to secure his second 147 then Wilson would have been forced to share the prize money.
Speaking to Eurosport after his 13-2 loss Wilson reacted to the chance by the Wizard from Wishaw to get the maximum. He said: "Yes, I just said 'sod off mate', I'm always delighted for people when they do well, but - I'm not going to lie - I was willing for him to miss!"
Wilson was out of sorts during the match and was visibly upset with his cue which he dropped. He added: "I was (having cue problems) but that wasn't the reason I lost.
"After the first session, I always like to spend time with the fans there was lots of fans waiting outside that wanted autographs and pictures. Unfortunately, I dropped my cue trying to sign one of the books.
"I think one of the eights is loose in the cue, so it's just the fiddly shot - but anything with power was fine, so there's no excuse!"
John Higgins will play either Mark Selby or Gary Wilson in the quarter-final.
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