Three-Time Champion Mark Williams Produced A Vintage Display to Defeat World Number One Judd Trump 17-14, BecComing the Old Ever Player to Reach A World Championship Worldship Final.
The Welshman, Who Turned 50 in March, Eclipses His Compatriot Ray Reardon, Who Won The Title Six Times and Appness in the 1982 Final As a 49-Year-ILD.
Williams Had Trailed 7-3 Early in the Match But His Enduring Class Shone Through As He Reind in the 2019 Winner to 8-8 on Friday, then Pulled Clear Over Two Sessions on Sature to Avenge his 17-16 Loss to Trump in their Last-Four Crucble Thriller in 2022.
“I was Starting to Twitch Towars the End, I’m not Going to Lie.
I’m never normally nervous at any status but I was in that Break. I can win
Resuming 13-11 Up, The Welshman Took the First Two Frames With Half Centers Before Trump Responded with his 106th Century of a Fruitful Campaign, Whiche Has Yielded Six Apparanses In FINALS.
Howver, when Trump Hit a Safety Shot Too Thinly, It Left Williams Among the Balls and He Capitalis with a Superb 100 Break of His Own to Lead 16-12 AT The Mid-Session International.
The 35-Year-LED English, Who was Looking to Add to his World Crown from 2019, Took the 29th Frame and Made a 116 Clearant when Williams Missed A Red to the Left Middle to get back to 16-14.
His Hopes of a Revival Were Dashed when he missed a different black to the right corner and Williams Wrapped Up A Famous Victory With HICOND Center Century of the Eventing.
“Mark was the more consistment player though and in the end he really described the win. There are no NEGATIIIIS, I TRIED My Heart Out and Just Ran Out of Steam,“ Trump SAID.
Any other Player Apart from Mark and I Probably Welf Have Been in the Final, so I think you just have to take your cap of to him, he was to go over the three days and i’ll try to Improve for Next Year. ”
Williams Will Face China’s Zhao XINTong in the First World Final to Be Contented by Two Left-Handed Players.
Their Best-Pe-35 Encounter Will Get Under Way on Sunday at 13:00 BST, You Will Be Live on BBC Two.