STUART BINGHAM has revealed his World Cup exit was down to an “embarrassing display” against Jak Jones.
Jones defeated Bingham 17-12 in yesterday's semi-final to book a clash Kyren Wilson.
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Bingham, 47, insisted he had not been good enough throughout the match and failed to replicate the form that saw him knocked out Ronnie O'Sullivan.
He said: “I gave away at least eight frames.
'I must have missed eight or nine blacks from the spot.
“I'm very disappointed after playing like I did against Ronnie. I just didn't like it there.
“Too many mistakes. Even if we went back to the fourth frame and missed a blue one, that summed up the match.
“He missed too many easy balls and gave him too many easy starts. It was just an embarrassing performance on my part.”
But the Basildon-born star could have excused his performance after missing a crucial shot in the 29th frame when a fan coughed in the crowd.
Bingham was making a shot at the brown, which he had to sink if he had any hope of defeat Jones at the Crucible.
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Jones was one frame away from booking his spot in the last in return for Kyren Wilson and well at the top of the frame.
But as Bingham took his shot, there was a cough from the refereeing crowd Marcel Eckardt later suggested causing the 47-year-old to miss his shot.
Eckardt then stopped the game to approach the crowd and ask who the coughing perpetrator was.
Eckardt later apologized Unpleasant snooker fans who didn't understand why the match was postponed.
Jones will now face Wilson in the final following The Warrior's 17-11 victory over David Gilbert.
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