Jaded Jak Jones loses first seven frames in maiden finalDennis Taylor was 8-0 behind before winning in 1985
The Crucible Theatre resembles one of sport’s most compact, intimate settings. So intimate, in fact, that you can almost smell the breath of the players as they make their way around the snooker table. But here, on this Sunday afternoon in Sheffield, Jak Jones must have felt like the loneliest person on the planet as his dream slowly eroded into a nightmare.
The Welshman has made history across the past fortnight, joining the exclusive list of qualifiers to reach the final of the World Snooker Championship and impressing so many along the way. However, Jones is now in the history books for all the wrong reasons after not only losing control of his maiden world final in the opening session, but seeing his hopes almost evaporate already.
