Kyren Wilson: ‘I’m not everyone’s cup of tea, but I try my best’

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Kyren Wilson caused some controversy on his way to the International Championship (Picture: Getty Images) Kyren Wilson accepts that he is ‘not everyone’s cup of tea’ but feels he…

The Warrior won the International Championship last week, claiming back-to-back ranking titles after landing the Northern Ireland Open just a few days earlier.

The consecutive wins in Belfast and Nanjing were thoroughly impressive as he became just the 16th player to claim two ranking events on the spin.

The International Championship glory came with some controversy, though, after an incident in his opening win over Liam Highfield.

At 5-3 behind, Wilson left the arena and threw his cue on the table towards the referee, revealing afterwards that he was frustrated with Highfield’s pace of play.

The former world champion later apologised to the referee, but not so much for showing his annoyance, saying: ‘The only thing I regret, it looked like my anger was outed towards the referee, so I actually bought him a cupcake just to say sorry, and it was nothing to do with him.

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‘I hold my hands up for that, but I’ll never hold my hands up for how passionate I am about the game and my performances.’

His actions and response split opinions, with Neil Robertson saying conduct in snooker has ‘fallen off a cliff,’ but Wilson feels he is doing his best to promote the game, while doing work for good causes off the table as well. A recent charity event, organised by his management team, raised over £15,000 for the Be More Fab charity.

‘I’m trying my best. You can’t please everyone unfortunately,’ he said.

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