The debutante Lei Peifan surprised Defensor Kyren Wilson champion to fight 6-2 until the triumph of 10-9 when the ‘crucible curse’ hit again in the first round of the Snooker World Championship.
Wilson becomes the twenty -player to succumb to the so -called curse, without any winner for the first time capable of retaining the world crown since the tournament moved to the Sheffield Crucia Theater in 1977.
“It is really difficult to take. Everything is cool and Lei came out extremely positive this event and aligned in some incredible balls,” Wilson told BBC Sport.
“It really hurts to be honest. As a debutante, he himself is a hero, an incredible well and I would like to wish everything the best for the rest of the tournament.
“It looks like a very great character. He showed no emotion at all.”
Joe Johnson (1987) and Ken Doherty (1998) arrived closer to breaking the ‘curse’, but fell into the final obstacle.
“Obviously, the leg accumulates in something that is not, because other players have won.
“I’m sure it will break at some point, but unfortunately I won that person,” Wilson added.
The possibilities of a discomfort had been thin on Saturday night, although Lei won the final framework of his morning session to follow 6-3.
However, the 21 -year -old from China, who had to win two classification games only to reach the television stages of the tournament, several consecutive frames resumed once the game resumed.
Lei, who won the Scotland Open in December, called Pot after Pot while creating six breaks of half a century and scored 544 points of duration that exploded to move on the cusp of the victory.
In contrast, Wilson, who claimed four classification tournaments, seemed completely out of place and achieved 44 points until he stopped rot in Table 16 with his rest of the second century match.
The 33-year-old English was clarified to pinch Table 17 after Lei broke into 60 and then made half a century to attract the 9-9 level.
But the number 39 hero in the world his nerve and sealed a famous victory with a 66th break in the decisive.
“It’s a legend, I’m very proud to be able to beat him,” Lei said.
“I didn’t think too much because it was my first time in the melting pot, so I just wanted to enjoy it. I was nervous in the decisive one, but I told myself,” I tried to calm and calm down. “
