Kyren Wilson has been playing through serious off-table distractions this season and feels players without family commitments are in a far more straightforward position.

The 2024 world champion started the season with a bang by winning the Shanghai Masters, but has struggled for results in ranking events since then.

The Warrior has spoken out about why his mind has been elsewhere as his wife has been dealing with a serious health issue which required surgery.

There was good news on that front ahead of this week’s Northern Ireland Open, with Wilson telling the BBC: ‘We’re about seven weeks in, my wife has had some surgery recently and we’ve been waiting on some results which thankfully have come back all good this week.

‘It’s been quite tough to be honest, there’s been a lot of strain o

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