Stunned Stan Moody couldn't feel his legs during a staggering Crucible start. But the snooker wonderkid says he'll come back even stronger after a harrowing end to his World Championship debut. Moody, the youngest UK debutant since Judd Trump in 2007, was knocked out on Monday night by Kyren Wilson, losing the last seven frames in a brutal finale.

The 19-year-old was undone by two devastating moments which swung the momentum and sent him crashing out after such a promising beginning. Moody was initially soaring following an extraordinary Monday morning reception which left him overwhelmed, as he said: "It was amazing. I couldn't feel my legs."

The Halifax hotshot handled the occasion brilliantly, racing into an early lead and firing in two centuries while establishing a commanding 7-3 advantage.

However, at that point, the match turned dramatically. In frame 11, Moody was 35 points ahead with just 35 remaining on the table, with an opportunity to pot a red along the cushion to edge closer to victory.

Yet it rattled in the jaws and proved to be a monumental turning point. From cruising comfortably, the youngster suddenly began to wobble as the 2024 champion raised his game and cranked up the pressure, which proved decisive in a nightmare 14th frame.

Wilson required three snookers, yet remarkably he secured them to level at 7-7 before reeling off the next three frames to advance.

Moody felt the full weight of it, saying: "There was the red to go 8-3, Kyren won the respot and I lost another bad frame when he needed three snookers. You can't lose those frames at this level.

"It's when you've had chances yourself and you don't make most of them, they are the ones, losing frames when your opponent needs three snookers, it's bad.

"It's a rollercoaster. You try and stay positive, but then you are still gutted about the bad frame you have lost. I didn't feel under pressure. I felt good, but it's just Kyren's a top player and he does what he does.

"A lot of players do that now. The standard is so high, I think it's just heightened under that pressure, but I felt good out there.

"I just need to learn the other side of the game fully. You need to know it against these top players. It's too important. But I'll be alright.

"I'm still young. It's just a bit hard to take now, but I'm sure I'll learn from it, come back stronger and, hopefully, I'm back here next year and go deep.

"I'll have a few weeks off. Go to China. Yeah, just chill out. I felt comfortable out there and, even when I was bang under pressure the first frame, the balls were still going in.

"So there's a lot of positives. If it goes 8-3, I fancy winning 10-3. It's a game of margins. It's just heightened against the top players. But yeah, I felt good."