Kyren Wilson accepts that he is ‘not everyone’s cup of tea’ but feels he is trying his best to promote the game and make a positive impact off the table.

The Warrior won the International Championship last week, claiming back-to-back ranking titles after landing the Northern Ireland Open just a few days earlier.

The consecutive wins in Belfast and Nanjing were thoroughly impressive as he became just the 16th player to claim two ranking events on the spin.

The International Championship glory came with some controversy, though, after an incident in his opening win over Liam Highfield.

At 5-3 behind, Wilson left the arena and threw his cue on the table towards the referee, revealing afterwards that he was frustrated with Highfield’s pace of play.

The former world champion later apologised to the referee, but not so much for showing his annoyance, saying: ‘The only thing I regret, it looked like my anger was outed towards the referee, so I actually bought him a cupcake just to say sorry, and it was nothing to do with him.

‘I hold my hands up for that, but I’ll never hold my hands up for how passionate I am about the game and my performances.’

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His actions and response split opinions, with Neil Robertson saying conduct in snooker has ‘fallen off a cliff,’ but Wilson feels he is doing his best to promote the game, while doing work for good causes off the table as well. A recent charity event, organised by his management team, raised over £15,000 for the Be More Fab charity.

‘I’m trying my best. You can’t please everyone unfortunately,’ he said.

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‘We’re in a world where people have a platform to have their opinions some good, some bad. Sometimes they’re not easy to take. 

‘I feel like I can’t do much more. I work with some fantastic charities, raising lots of money and most of those are through playing snooker so to use that platform and potentially give people life-changing sums of money is awesome.

‘I’m an advocate of trying to make the game appealing. I try and play it in the right way and play it in a way that juniors might take inspiration from and try and follow. 

‘I’m not everybody’s cup of tea, but I try my best.’

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Wilson is back in action on Thursday at Champion of Champions against Ali Carter as he looks to continue this red hot streak of form.

‘It’s a great opportunity, it’s a tournament I really enjoy,’ he said. ‘Obviously you’ve got all the champions in there. It’s the best players over the last year.

‘I love being a part of that tournament and I’m going to enjoy it.

‘It’s in Leicester it’s only a 45 minute drive for me. I can stay in my own bed, walk the dog, take the kids to school and play a bit of snooker in between.’

The winner of Wilson and Carter will play either Zhao Xintong or Thepchaiya Un-Nooh on Thursday night for a place in Saturday’s semi-final against Shaun Murphy.