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World champion Kyren Wilson launches extraordinary blast at snooker chiefs and slams ‘same s**t different day’
Wilson isn't the only snooker star to have blasted snooker chiefs this week
KYREN WILSON blasted snooker chiefs after being dumped out of the British Open by Elliott Slessor last night.
The reigning world champion, 32, was beaten 4-2 in Cheltenham.
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Despite winning at The Crucible, Wilson was not given top billing in Cheltenham.
Instead, his fourth round clash took place on Table 2.
Following his defeat, Wilson posted a strong message to his Instagram Story, criticising the treatment he has received this year.
In an X-rated post, he wrote: "Same s*** different day demoted to table 2 again and get found out! What benefits does a world champion get nowadays?
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"Graveyard shift in Brentwood, table 2 in Saudi every game whilst being the number 1 seed there!
"Table 2 tonight in Cheltenham and being the highest ranked in the session… unfortunately nothing ever changes with the sport I love, if your face doesn’t fit… tough [thumbs up emoji]."
After his Instagram post began to circulate online, Wilson added a further blast on X.
He wrote: "People can have their opinions, Always been that you earn the right for the privileges. Apparently not anymore.
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"I always try to promote the sport & be a good ambassador for it, What’s the point?"
During his illustrious career to date, Wilson has won ten professional titles.
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He defeated Jak Jones 18-14 back in May to become world champion for the first time.
Wilson also reached the Crucible final in 2020, but lost out to Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Since becoming world champion, he has added one further title to his resume.
He beat Judd Trump 10-8 last month to win the Xi'an Grand Prix in China.
Wilson banked £500,000 for his Crucible exploits earlier this year.
In total he has earned more than £3.5m in prize money during his career.
Wilson isn't the only snooker star to have grown frustrated this week.
Former world No1 Mark Allen apologised to ITV's Rob Walker after furiously claiming that the British Open table needed to be "burnt" following his 4-3 first round win over Gary Wilson.
Speaking to ITV's snooker reporter, Allen said: "The conditions out there are absolutely embarrassing.
"It’s some of the worst weather outside and they’ve left the massive transport doors open. It’s so cold, it’s so humid out there.
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"There’s new guys doing the tables this year and they’re clearly not up to it.
"The cushions are unplayable, uncontrollable. It was heavy... the table needs to be burned."
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