Daily Times

England’s Kyren Wilson cruised into his second World Snooker Championship final on Saturday and revealed his success at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre has been helped by sessions with a hypnotherapist. Wilson claimed a 17-11 victory against qualifier David Gilbert after taking three of the four frames in the third session to wrap up his semi-final that earned him another shot at the world title after his defeat in the 2020 final against Ronnie O’Sullivan. Afterwards, the 32-year-old said he has been boosted by seeing a hypnotherapist during his run to the final. “It’s just about emptying your stress bucket,” said world number 12 Wilson. “We all have things going on that can affect our day-to-day life and it allowed me to go out there and be a little bit freer. “Our minds are so clogged up with so many different things that don’t need to be there, so if you can just eliminate them and go out and play snooker it makes the game a hell of a lot easier.”