Moody, 19, surges ahead of 2024 champion Wilson

Stan Moody is 44th in the world rankings and had to win two matches to qualify [PA Media]

English teenager Stan Moody made a hugely impressive debut at the Crucible as he moved into a 6-3 lead in his World Championship first-round match against former winner Kyren Wilson.

Moody, 19, needs four more frames to become the youngest player to win a match at the famous Sheffield theatre since a 19-year-old Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Dave Harold and Darren Morgan before falling to Stephen Hendry in 1995.

Wilson, the 2024 champion, will have to win seven frames in Monday's evening session, which begins at 19:00 BST, if he is to advance.

After getting a great reception from the crowd, Moody, who comes from Halifax, less than 50 miles away from the Crucible, made an instant impact with a break of 84.

He then took the next two frames, including a break of 91, to lead 3-0 before Wilson won two frames in a row. However, Moody responded superbly with two centuries in three frames, 110 in frame six and 101 two frames later.

Wilson claimed the final frame of the session to reduce the deficit to three.

Moody is 44th in the world rankings and had to win two matches to qualify.

On the day before his final qualifying match, last Tuesday, he had been in hospital with tonsillitis. But Moody discharged himself before playing, going against medical advice, and beat China's Jiang Jun 10-9 thanks to a century in the deciding frame to earn his Crucible spot.

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