In the second match of the world snooker masters quarterfinals, which just ended on January 14, 2022, Beijing time, Mark Williams and Higgins once again staged a classic showdown. In this game, although Higgins blasted a good performance of 126, 127 and 61 points, he still lost 5-6 to Mark Williams, who scored 116, 66, 78 and 91 points, to the quarterfinals. Mark Williams, on the other hand, was the only one who managed to reach the semi-finals to become a 753-30. In the next game, he will undergo more severe tests, and hope that the veteran can continue to be strong in the next game.
Williams scored a 2-2 draw with Higgins
In the first half of the match between the two sides, the two men successfully drew after each firing a hundred shots. In the first set, Higgins took the lead in a 126-point run with a 126-0 clean sheet against Williams to take a 1-0 lead. The game moved into the second set, and although Mark Williams scored 54 points, Higgins' superb performance still helped him win the game 64:54 to continue to lead Williams 2-0. In the third set, Mark Williams finally played a fiery hand, single-handed 116 points and then won the game 116-6 to trail Higgins 1-2. In the fourth set, Williams once again won the game 59:34 with a super accurate performance, thus ending the first half with a 2-2 draw with Higgins.
Williams led Higgins 5-4 to get the match point
After the game entered the second half, the two men remained in very good shape. The game moved to the fifth inning, and Williams won the game 92:31 on multiple mobile games to take a 3-2 lead over Higgins for the first time. In the sixth set, Higgins drew 90-27 with Williams 3-3 in color. In the seventh set, Williams played well again, shooting 66 points and then winning the game 99-7 to continue 4-3 ahead of Higgins. In the eighth inning, Higgins again blasted a 127-point shot to win the game 127-0 to draw 4-4 with Williams. In the ninth inning, Williams once again scored a single 78 points with outstanding performance to win the game 85:43 to lead Higgins 5-4 to take the lead in the match point.
Higgins lost 5-6 to Williams and missed the semifinals
After the game entered a key moment, Higgins still maintained a very good competitiveness. In the tenth set, Higgins played completely softly, not only scoring a single 61 point performance but also rewriting the score to 5-5 by williams on the phone with a 71-0 clean sheet on multiple mobile games, and at the same time ushered in a double match point to pull both sides back to the same running line. In the eleventh set, Mark Williams scored the first red ball to win the mobile session and won the game 91-0 with a single score of 91 points to beat Higgins 6-5 to advance to the semifinals. From the course of the whole game, Higgins' state is not bad, but his accuracy is still his own hard injury, and his hard injury is more obvious when facing accurate players. Compared to Higgins' caution, Mark Williams played more boldly. So he's always looking for opportunities to find ways to open up the situation, and that's the different way two people solve the game. So, Higgins lost badly because Mark Williams played so well in this game.