World Snooker Championship: Kyren Wilson moves closer to second final after dominating David Gilbert

Kyren Wilson wins six of eight frames in the third session of his Crucible semi-final against David Glbert as he opens a 14-10 lead in the 17-man race; Wilson is the only seeded player remaining after a number of high-profile exits; Stuart Bingham and Jak Jones locked at 8-8 after two sessions

Last update: 05/24/03 at 10:45 p.m.

Kyren Wilson, 2020 finalist, is the only seeded player still in the running at the World Snooker Championship.

Kyren Wilson is three frames away from reaching a second World Snooker Championship final after opening a 14-10 lead over David Gilbert in a dominant third session at The Crucible.

Twelfth-seeded Wilson, beaten 18-8 by Ronnie O’Sullivan in the 2020 final, pulled away from Gilbert on Friday after the pair started the night locked at 8-8, winning six of eight frames, including five in a row of 9-8. 9 while his opponent missed opportunities.

Gilbert, also a semi-finalist in 2019, stopped the rot by making a century in the final frame of the evening – his fourth ton of the match – but Wilson remains the heavy favorite to win the 17-over race when it ends at 2:30 p.m. . Saturday in Sheffield.

Wilson, the only seed remaining in the tournament among three other qualifiers, took the lead at 9-8 with a break of 85, only for Gilbert to restore parity with a half-century break.

David Gilbert broke a streak of five straight losing frames by shooting a century to end the third session

However, it was one-way traffic after that, with Wilson moving up three frames thanks to breaks of 93, 51 and 88 before extending that advantage to five.

Gilbert looked set to counter Wilson’s break 51 in frame 20 making the score 10-10, only to miss the final yellow on 43, while he was also in frame 22 before missing a brown and to take four images behind.

Wilson also won the next after sinking a superb long red, but Gilbert won the final frame in style, potting himself from distance before reaching his 10th century of the tournament.

In the other semifinal, 2015 winner Stuart Bingham and compatriot Jak Jones, who knocked out O’Sullivan and Judd Trump respectively in the quarterfinals, are all tied at 8-8 before they resume at 10 a.m. Saturday .

The final will take place on Sunday and Monday.