Former World Championship runner-up Kyren Wilson moves into an 8-1 first-round lead against Welsh veteran Dominic Dale on Tuesday.
Kyren Wilson has reached at least the last 16 of the World Snooker Championship in each of the past eight seasonsFormer World Championship runner-up Kyren Wilson was in impressive form as he stormed into an 8-1 first-round lead against Welsh veteran Dominic Dale on Tuesday.
Dale, 52, is the oldest player at this year's competition and playing at the Crucible for the first time in 10 years.Wilson, a beaten finalist in 2020, will be confident of advancing though with Joe O'Connor, who beat four-time champion Mark Selby, waiting in the last 16.
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