Kyren Wilson feeling better after opening up about son’s illness - ‘It’s important to talk’
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ByEurosport
Published 29/03/2023 at 09:06 GMT
Kyren Wilson put in a stellar performance on Tuesday as he hammered Ali Carter 10-4 in the 2023 Tour Championship, but afterwards he spoke of more important issues away from the table. Wilson opened up about his younger son Bailey’s illness and how much stress that has put on him - but that through being open and talking about it makes things easier for him on the table.
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Kyren Wilson has revealed that opening up about his son’s illness has made him feel better about the situation and has subsequently helped him on the snooker table.
Wilson’s son Bailey was hospitalised in January with a feared cancerous tumour. However, thankfully, those fears were allayed.
Wilson told World Snooker Tour in an interview that talking about the situation had been helpful for him, on and off the table.
"We had a couple of days to wait for an MRI scan to find out whether it was a tumour, and that was very tough," he said.
"It now seems more likely it could be something like Crohn's Disease, though we are still not sure.
"But before I left home he was running about and seems to have turned a corner, so that was great to see.
It's important to talk about these things sometimes rather than bottle them up.
"I have sometimes felt that snooker is the be-all and end-all, but this has made me realise how lucky I am, and it has freed me up to just enjoy the game."
The Warrior put in a stellar performance on Tuesday evening to hammer Ali Carter 10-4 in the first round of the 2023 Tour Championship.
He will now play Ding Junhui in the semi-finals for a chance to reach his first final since beating Barry Hawkins in the European Masters final all the way back in August.
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