Jak Jones blasts 'pathetic excuses' from rivals over his playing style... as the Welshman prepares to face Kyren Wilson in the World Snooker Championship final

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Jak Jones is tired of ‘pathetic excuses’ from supposedly superior opponents and fiercely defended his brand of snooker.

The Welshman, 30, begins his two-day quest to win the world title against Kyren Wilson today, but has faced criticism along the way for supposedly slow play.

Jones has seen off Zhang Anda, Si Jiahui, Judd Trump and Bingham on his way to the Sheffield showpiece.

And the fiery Jones, who could become the third qualifier to win the World Championship at the Crucible, was in bombastic form after last night's gruelling 17-12 win over Stuart Bingham.

'I think they'll probably always use that excuse forever. I mean, I finished 28 seconds a shot – Stuart was 27, Judd was 27. But it seems like the common excuse these players use against me, they are supposed to be the best players in the world and yet they are moaning again about being knocked out of their rhythm. It’s strange to me.

Jak Jones has rubbished criticisms of his playing style ahead of the World Snooker Championship final

The 30-year-old branded complaints surrounding his attritional style of play as 'pathetic'

'When I when I played Judd. He started off typical Judd the first room where your century and then I came back in to go three one up and I just noticed the complete change in his body language. He seemed to be taking forever on every shot for what Judd usually is. So I think it's easy to blame him what I'm doing or whatever, but it's working. So I'll take it.'

Jones, ranked 44 in the world, was a 200-1 outsider to lift the crown before the tournament.

'I haven't really played particularly well,' he added. 'But I'm going to world a final so hopefully I can start playing well tomorrow. Really nice time to start. But I suppose there is positives in that. If I've not been playing so well about to try and battle, scrap through a little bit. And I'm going to world final so there we are.'

Speaking after his defeat, a visibly shattered Bingham added: ‘He second guesses everything. It’s tough to play, you can’t get any rhythm against him. He sort of looks at every different angle and then plays something completely different. It’s tough to get in any rhythm.

‘He’s very astute round the balls. Plays a lot of negative safety shots. You leave him a long ball and he floats it in. He’s just hard to work out. Judd struggled and I’ve struggled too for three days. It’s just tough.'

After his 13-9 quarter-final defeat, Trump said of Jones: ‘A lot of the frames were quite slow. It’s something I should know by now, to control the speed of the game. I got bogged down.

‘His pace definitely affected me. But that’s not his fault. I just needed to get in and clear up every time. I didn’t do that. If you are potting balls then it doesn’t matter how quick your opponent is playing.’