Gary Wilson builds up commanding lead over Elliot Slessor at Crucible

COMMANDING: Gary Wilson takes a commanding lead into the evening session. Pic: Mike Egerton/PA

Gary Wilson took control of his first-round clash against Elliot Slessor at the World Snooker Championship on Tuesday morning as he raced into a 7-2 lead.

Wilson led qualifier Slessor 3-1 at the mid-session interval before winning four frames in a row to go 7-1 up, underlining his dominance with a break of 131 in the eighth frame.