Snooker’s latest teenage sensation has vowed to prove Ronnie O’Sullivan wrong when he embarks on his unlikely first professional season later this year. Less than three miles from the Crucible where O’Sullivan delivered a damning verdict on the state of snooker’s next generation on Sunday night, 16-year-old Jamie Wilson was in the process of realising his lifelong dream. Wilson’s coach Tim Dunkley, who works with him at the Waterlooville Sports Bar, says the standard among players in junior competitions has never been higher. Jamie got his first century when he was 14, and we’ve got an eight-year-old whose highest break is 36. “I’m still in shock really,” added Wilson, whose conquests included former Crucible qualifier Michael Georgiou.

Source: Express August 10, 2020 15:56 UTC