After a summer of celebrating his World Snooker Championship triumph with holidays and high-profile appearances, Kyren Wilson struggled to regain his focus for the 2024/25 season. The 32-year-old enjoyed his time off, which included parading the Silver Lady trophy at Chelsea 's Stamford Bridge, attending the British F1 Grand Prix and visiting sick children at Great Ormond Street Hospital. There were numerous other media and PR commitments as well as the most important thing - spending extra time with his young family.
After all that, there was the not-so-small matter of returning to the table and he briefly found himself wondering how he would get himself up for the new season. "I had quite a lot of time off after winning the World Championship," he said in an exclusive interview for Reach's UK Championship publication . "I felt quite drained and went on a number of holidays.
My family have to suffer with me being away all year round in different areas of the world. "I'm the sort of person who needs structure in their life. I'm quite an obsessive person so if I get a taste for something, I can go a bit crazy.
I think I got a taste for the beer while I was celebrating! It's hard to get yourself up after reaching the pinnacle. I didn't really know how to handle that, I didn't really know where to look. "So it was time to rein it in and get back to practice, because this game won't forgive you if you don't treat it right.
If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail. I started puttin.
