The Most Emotional Decider | Kyren Wilson vs Anthony McGill | 2020 World Championship - SF

What a match it's been, what an epic battle and they can both exchange a smile. How are your nerves Joe? Yeah, exactly. Well, you don't want to leave one on after the break off and he hasn't done, but managed to cover the reds. No. Final frame to determine who goes through to the world championship final. Caught it a little bit thin, a little bit heavy. One pot success. Ah, that's a belter and he's on the pink. What a great shot, but it was a Wilson safety error. £100,000 on this frame and a chance to be world champion. Looks like if he screws back, struck it well. Yeah, that's okay, nudged the red out of the way. He stood up to the pressure magnificently today, embraced it. Can he do it one more time? That's a lovely little cannon he's played there. Nothing he can do. It was a loose safety that he played. Is he on the red to the middle? I don't think he is, but very unfortunate not to be on one. Is he going for the pot? He did and wasn't far away. £39,000. How does it cut? I think it does, you know, where the cue ball is going to go. Where's it going to go if he pots it? There's one good pot. He needs a good kiss and that's about as bad as it gets. I think he can get the green. Tough shot. What a shot. What a shot from Kieran Wilson. That's kept him in the match, but that's just the start of it. Has he hit it hard enough? I think he has just. Well, what can you say? He's gone into the pack of reds, played a very positive shot. How he hasn't been on one, you never know. £30,000. Same number of balls potted. Same number of frames won. Had 10 hours of playing time. What a battle. £20,000 behind. £20,000. Kieran Wilson was speaking about finding a better perspective for his snooker in recent months, given everything that's been happening in the world of late. His wife Sophie has been poorly during lockdown and I think he's been able to take the pressure off himself to some degree by realising that snooker isn't the be all and end all. We saw him in tears at the end of his Masters loss two years ago to Mark Allen in the final. A defeat that I know still stings to this day, but it wouldn't if he could end up this weekend lifting that famous trophy aloft. Just losing the cue ball each time. £36,000. He's thinking about playing for the green here to bring that red into play. Wouldn't be a bad idea. And that's just about where he wants to be. He couldn't have played that any better. He's played it well. Very well. Right at the very end of this match he's playing coolly. Oh, he's missed the red. You cannot believe it. Straight red to the middle. You cannot believe the red he's just missed. Wow. This is what pressure can do. Well, it's happened to everybody. That's for sure, Karen. Still a tough red. Right in the middle. And Anthony McGill has been preparing himself, sat in his chair. I honestly don't think that was pressure. I just think he was thinking about where he was going to be on the next colour. 16 frames all. 47 points all. Wrong side of the blue. Well, I don't think he's attempting to play onto the red. He's just played for the safety. So, it's going to come down to a safety battle. Well, he's played a dangerous shot there. I could not believe he's played that. Make sure of the red safe. He's left a chance at the match. Where's it going to finish? It's coming right back down the table. All the way back down. And safe. Well, he's got the red safe and it looks like he may have the snooker. Taking his time. Playing it with a bit of bottom to create the angle. Now, where's it gonna go? Oh, nearly went. Oh, the white's gone in. All kinds of things are happening. No free ball called. Trying to leave the cue ball behind the black and send the red down the table. He's got one part of the shot. Tap on the table from his very sporting opponent. That's probably done him a favor, actually. Could have been a free ball. Well, Karen Wilson gets a chance. Nowhere near. Trying to play it with some safety in mind. Where's the black? Wow. Where's the cue ball? Again, that could have been end of game and match, couldn't it? Was a free ball. So, got to be fully aware of not cutting this too thin. Knocking the black in. But he might just be able to drop that cue ball in behind the yellow. That's what he's played. And that's what he's got. That's an excellent shot. What a good shot that was. And again, Anthony McGill takes the time out to applaud the quality of that safety. Important to get the speed right here. Wow. Karen Wilson. Afraid of hitting it too hard and knocking the black in. Either with the white or the red. The red would be a disaster. How close was that? And the point's a mountain. A little bit too hard. He knocks the black in. Goodness me. That is a whisker. Unbelievable. It was nearly a great shot. They've all been good attempts, haven't they, really? Oh, this is close to the black. This is close to the black. Wait for it. Is it straight on to the middle? Well, Kara's not even looked. Sixth attempt. 23 now, the distance between them. Now 28, 35 left. Two more chances at it. 27, I should say. He's got two more chances to hit it. Well, that's hard enough. It's close to the black though. Oh dear. 34, the difference. Well, if he doesn't hit it this time, he's going to need snookers. So lucrative. It could take him all the way to the final. This has got to work for McGill. Is he high? Is he high? Oh, how close was that? But now he needs snookers. Yeah, it's not going back anymore because there aren't enough points there for him to win without a snooker. Oh, what a shame. If he should lose this match, what a shame to have lost that way. Having got so close. Penny for his thoughts right now. Goodness me. No, he's not going to go enough. Surely not. Surely not. He can win again. He could not make it up. He couldn't. What a reprieve for Anthony McGill. And the black sat over the pocket, isn't it? If he does get a chance at the red. He can't believe what he's done there. The cue ball shouldn't have been anywhere near the pocket. Well, it shouldn't have been near the double kiss, to be fair. Look, he's played and he's got the double kiss and gone in off. I bet he'd like that shot back again. And nothing's safe. Nothing's safe. He's gone for the double, you know. Is it going to come over the middle? No, too hard. Oh, well, even more so. If he gets the kiss and he has done, he's favourite for this frame now. He can't believe it. A few shots ago, he was in the final of the World Championship. Is he going to get lucky? He most certainly is. He's fluked to snooker. How important is that going to be? He can't believe it. He can't believe it. Anthony McGill. He could write a book on this frame alone with everything that's gone on in the last 15 minutes or so. Look at the scores. 90 plays 60. 35 left. Oh, well, look at that. Does he go in off if he hits it? Oh, very nearly potted it. Delighted with that. Now, do you think he'd dip for this off the ball cushion and pot it? I'll tell you what, it would be safe if he missed it. It's game over if he got it. I think this is well worth playing. If he misses the red completely, it's safe. He's playing it. It's close. Oh, it stayed out. How has it stayed out? Well, is McGill now going to do the same? Well, I don't think it pots direct, so he may play the same. Again, it's close. Oh, just missed it. Who's going to get it first coming off the cushion? This is a whole new take on extraordinary finale at the World Championship. Your turn, Anthony. What a time to break that duck. That's closer. There we go. Anthony McGill with a chance to get into the final of the World Championship. Quite remarkable finale. Is there going to be another twist in the tail? I thought he'd over-screwed it then, but he's okay. In fact, it's perfect. Eight. He knows his second favourite now. The only problem I could see is pink to black. He's not going to snooker himself, is he? Ten. He's not going to snooker himself, is he? How has he got there? How did he get there? And they're off. I can't even work the score. I've never seen it that high before. Well, he only needs the green. And it's still going. Unless that green's in. Don't let anybody ever tell you that this game is easy. Or that the absence of a crowd makes it any easier. This looks good. This looks good. Yeah, tap on the table. Could be a free ball. He's hit it well. He's hit it very well. This is another good shot from Anthony McGill. Even if he doesn't get the snooker, it's close. But it's gone where he intended it to. Halfway up that cushion. I don't think I've ever seen drama like this in a semi-final before. It's just gone past the middle pocket. 168 points with 25 still left. It needs to slow down. It needs to slow down. It needs to speed up. Where's it going? Oh, my goodness me. What a way to win. If he does win. Because he left it right over the pocket. Had it not gone in, he's embarrassed. But that's just won you £100,000 without snookers. And a chance of being world champion. Sorry. The emotions that these two players have endured in the last half an hour of this frame, you can't even begin to describe. And I think he's struggling to hold himself together here. Even though theoretically, at least, he's over the line. He looks ready to break down. Yeah, didn't want to win like that. Such a nice guy. Well, he hasn't won yet. No, absolutely. Karen Wilson. There are the bare statistics. One snooker required. Four. Well, not beyond his capabilities. That's for sure. Pink in a terrible position. If he could have kept the brown out, I'm sure he would have done. A six mile this time. He has given absolutely everything today. And he's played, for my money, the snooker of his life. But at the moment, it looks as though he's going to come up short. Oh, good attempt. Good attempt. But this could go right over the pocket. This frame will never be forgotten. Well, he's just got to try and bring that black into play. Not hard enough. Why not try and bring it off the cushion? Oh, well, there's another twist there, nearly. Well, any billiard player would tell you that that shot is on. Double kissing off. Yeah, I think Karen Wilson belatedly realized what he very nearly did there, which is give McGill yet another lifeline. He's already given him one in this frame. Oh, that's a great shot. Look at that. Look at that. I didn't want to push it closer to the cushion. It's close. Perhaps the most remarkable frame in the history of the World Championship has gone the way of Kyron Wilson, who fluked frame ball green, but that doesn't even begin to tell the story. Anthony McGill congratulates Kyron Wilson, who can't believe he's won. McGill can't believe he's lost. He has. Wilson's through, 17-16.