JAK JONES does not believe he is playing well, despite reaching the final of the World Snooker Championship.
Jones, 30, defeated Stuart Bingham 17-12 in yesterday’s semi-final to book a clash with Kyren Wilson.
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The encounter was a testing one, lasting more than 12 hours.
Welshman Jones, ranked No44 in the world, has struggled for consistency this year but now finds himself one win away from world champion status.
Speaking to Eurosport after last night’s triumph, Jones laid his struggles bare.
He said: “I don’t feel like I’ve played well. I didn’t come here with any confidence.
“If anything I wish I was putting something better on, for the people watching.
“But I suppose if I’m winning where I feel like that it can only get better.”
On his incredible run, he added: “I’ve had so much disappointment in my career, I don’t really get too excited or too down.
“I’ve watched the world final every year pretty much and thought what a dream it would be to be there and what an amazing occasion it is.
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“So to be there myself seems a bit strange.”
Bingham, meanwhile, was devastated at his display in the last four.
Ronnie O’Sullivan‘s conqueror, 47, said of his display: “Too many mistakes. Even going back to the fourth frame, missing a blue, it summed up the match really.
“Missing too many easy balls, gave him too many easy starts – just an embarrassing performance on my part.”
Jones will now face Wilson in the final, after The Warrior’s 17-11 win over David Gilbert.
After his win, Wilson told the BBC: “I didn’t even know what it was first to, I just kept playing.
“It felt like I broke the back of the match yesterday and I was very focused on hitting home the advantage. It was nice to kill off the match in one clean hit.”
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