The first round of the 2025 World Snooker Championship was eliminated, and the Rocket said that Wilson's defeat was due to the fact that he did not know how to keep it before

The first round of the 2025 World Snooker Championship was a big upset, and the current world No. 2 defending champion Kyren Wilson met with the 21-year-old Chinese teenager and 39-ranked Lei Peifan in the first round, but Wilson was upset and lost the title. After the game, O'Sullivan talked about the reason why Wilson was out, thinking that he "played too much snooker".

Defending champion Wilson lost to Lei Peifan and missed out on defending his title prematurely

Wilson was in a good situation in the first quarter, leading to 6:3, but at the beginning of the second quarter, Lei Peifan chased six games in a row, and the Chinese player, who participated in the World Championships for the first time, turned from a disadvantage to 9:6 with match point in one go, and only needed to win one more game to win. Although Wilson immediately chased 9:9, he failed to make another game in the deciding game, and Lei Peifan finally eliminated Wilson 10:9.

The young Lei Peifan is no stranger, having won the Scottish Open in December at a time of just 84th in the world, becoming the lowest-ranked ranking tournament in the world in 21 years.

Lei Peifan participated in the World Championships for the first time and had a good performance in the first round

Wilson has won four ranking tournaments this season and is considered one of the favourites to win the tournament, but he was ultimately unsuccessful, admitting after the race that he was quite uncomfortable: "I have a good record at the World Championships, but I am far from my best and I still have to play 10-9 to beat me. He continued: "It's been a really long season, I've played a lot of games, I've never tried it this intensively, but I'm proud of my performance and I'm proud of the success I've had. ”

In a later interview with TNT Sports, O'Sullivan talked about the reason for Wilson's inaccurate performance: "He advanced to the late stage in many tournaments and won a lot of games. Although he has performed well this time, looking back at the past two world champions, including Wilson himself andBrecelThey all competed after they had their spirits up. To win the World Championships, of course, you have to perform well, but around February, you have to start to focus on the World Championships. ”

O'Sullivan meant that in order to be in full shape to participate in the World Championships, players should make trade-offs in other tournaments, "I think he (Wilson) has played too many games that he doesn't need to play. I saw him play this game today, and the next day he played the 7th and 8th games in Liszt, so he should put down his club and take a break. ”

O'Sullivan believes that Wilson's defeat is due to his lack of understanding of retention

He continued: "I think Wilson should give up a couple of events...... I don't think it's bad to take a month off sometimes, especially when you've been playing a whole season, and it doesn't make a difference. If you take some vacation for about a week in February, you will be in better shape to come to the World Championships. For me, he played too much snooker. ”