{"id":6067,"date":"2026-04-21T04:34:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T04:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=6067"},"modified":"2026-04-21T04:34:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T04:34:59","slug":"steve-davis-makes-huge-stan-moody-prediction-during-thrilling-crucible-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=6067","title":{"rendered":"Steve Davis makes huge Stan Moody prediction during thrilling Crucible debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272178043.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28047443\" alt=\"Halo World Snooker Championship - Day Three\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Stan Moody made a sparkling first impression at the Crucible (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Teenager Stan Moody made a stunning start to life at the Crucible and it\u2019s fair to say that snooker legend Steve Davis was very impressed.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old came through qualifying last week to book his debut at the Crucible, defying a bout of tonsilitis to do so.<\/p>\n<p>There has been plenty of expectation on the youngster after he won the WSF Junior Championship in 2023 and turned professional at just 16 years old.<\/p>\n<p>The Yorkshireman has been rising the ranks since then and has reached his first two ranking quarter-finals this season.<\/p>\n<p>While his talent has been clear since a very young age, few expected him to settle onto the most iconic stage in the sport quite as well as he did.<\/p>\n<p>He was handed a daunting task in the draw against world number two and 2024 world champion Kyren Wilson.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tAre you snooker loopy?\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p>You&#8217;re in the right place. I&#8217;m Phil Haigh, and I cover the game we all love for <strong>Metro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In my new newsletter, The Table, I&#8217;ll be analysing the biggest talking points, breaking down frames and crowning the week&#8217;s winners and losers every Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The World Championship is here, so there&#8217;s no better time to sign up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB-MAIN-8adc.png?w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27997408\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Phil has been reporting on snooker for over a decade, since working in World Snooker&#8217;s press office in 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The occasion clearly did not get to him, though, as he breezed to the table and opened up with a fluent break of 84 in the first frame, sinking a couple of stunning long pots along the way.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272177549.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28047428\" alt=\"Halo World Snooker Championship - Day Three\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Moody showed few signs of nerves on his first Crucible appearance (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another run of 91 saw him take a 3-0 lead and he would finish the session 6-3 up, thanks to further brilliant efforts of 110, 55 and 101.<\/p>\n<p>The game remains in the balance, but the teenager could scarcely have hoped for a better first session at the Sheffield theatre.<\/p>\n<p>As he made those early breaks, Davis said on commentary for the BBC: \u2018This is monstrous. This is absolutely monstrous. I know it\u2019s early days but it looks like a star is already being born.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Sitting next to Stephen Hendry in the commentary box, the Englishman suggested to the Scot that his record as the youngest world champion could be in danger.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272178297.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28047434\" alt=\"Halo World Snooker Championship - Day Three\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Kyren Wilson is looking to avoid back-to-back first round defeats since winning the world title (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018Stephen, if we see a continuing improvement in this player, we could be looking at the youngest ever world champion!\u2019 Davis said, knowing full well who holds that record.<\/p>\n<p>Hendry might not be cheering Moody on to win in the world title in the next two years, with the Scot winning his first Crucible crown at 21 years old, but he was also blown away by the youngster.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018What I\u2019ve seen of Stan Moody, I knew he was a good player, but I didn\u2019t know he was this good,\u2019 said the seven-time world champion. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018So far this has been as impressive a display this year as we\u2019ve seen from anyone.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The game resumes at 7pm on Monday in a race to 10 frames, with the winner taking on Mark Allen in the second round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Kyren Wilson names four contenders for World Snooker Championship including himself<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Mark Allen questions Stan Moody treatment in rising snooker star\u2019s career<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Shaun Murphy reveals financial reason behind no longer working with BBC<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card accent--snooker\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card__inner\">\n<h4>The Table<\/h4>\n<p>Stay ahead of snooker&#8217;s next big break with Metro&#8217;s resident expert Phil Haigh in his new weekly newsletter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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