Kyren Wilson’s brother told the tale of how he was chased out of the Crucible (Image: Getty)
The brother of star has opened up on how the world champion was once chased out of the in his car.
Taylor Wilson, who maintains a close relationship with his brother and represents him as a manager of his business affairs, has detailed what happened in the scary incident four years ago.
Wilson was beaten 18-8 by in the 2020 final at the prestigious Sheffield venue.
But before the biggest match of his career at that point, the 32-year-old was ‘threatened’ by a group of males who recognised him in the car park.
Taylor recalled the moment where Kyren was forced to make a swift exit in his car after the first session, only to be chased out by the group of men.
“There was a group of lads threatening us in the car park. A group of four lads in the car park,” Taylor told .
“Because we used to park in the NCP [car park] next door to the Crucible. And there were a group of lads sending weird photos to Kyren on of them holding bottles and stuff in their car or whatever.
Kyren Wilson and his brother Taylor celebrate him becoming world champion (Image: Getty)
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“And we walked down into the car park after the first session and they were just waiting, and it ended up being a bit of a car chase outside of the arena. And we just sat there and thought, ‘What’s going on?’
“About to play in a world final off the back of finishing your first session. All you want to do is chill out, decompress and get ready to go again. Last thing you want to do is getting started on by a group of lads in the car park on the way home.”
Wilson did eventually get his hands on the trophy in May after . Now the reigning world champion is eyeing the at the York Barbican on Monday.
Kyren Wilson lost to Ronnie O’Sullivan in the 2020 final (Image: Getty)
‘There was a group of lads threatening us in the car park. It ended up being a bit of a car chase out the front of the arena. It’s the last thing you want.’Taylor Wilson tells about an unfortunate incident during Kyren Wilson’s 2020 world final appearance.
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And the Kettering-born star believes he is performing at his highest level heading into the tournament: “I feel like I am coming to the peak of my powers and starting to play some of my best snooker consistently,” Wilson said.
“It is coming out on the match table. It has been frustrating because it has always been there in practice. It is hard to transfer it over to the match table sometimes because it means so much, but I feel like that is coming now and you are seeing the best version of me.
“So obviously I want to strike while the iron is hot. I love going to tournaments and being introduced as the reigning world champion. It is incredible and gives me goosebumps down my back.”