On February 10, 2022, Beijing time, the snooker Players Championship decided the first final four seats, and the famous Rich Wharton completed the reversal after falling behind 2-5, eliminating world champion Mark Williams 6-5, which was a surprise. The winning Richie Wharton will face the winner between Barry Hawkins and Yan Bingtao in the semi-finals.
This season, Mark Williams is in solid form, with the world rankings and single-season rankings firmly in the top 16. The 39-year-old Rich wharton rose fiercely as he reached the final four of the German Masters, losing to the eventual champion Zhao Xintong in the semi-finals. After overcoming injuries, Richie Walton slowly regained his confidence and feel.
In the first round of the Players' Championship, Richie Walton defeated Mark Allen 6-2 and played against Mark Williams in the quarter-finals, who eliminated Gary Wilson 6-3. Although Rich Walton is in good shape, he will naturally not be optimistic about the outside world in the face of the stable Mark Williams.
In the game, Mark Williams immediately got into shape, shooting 103 points, 107 points, 102 points, and the first five sets ended to take a 4-1 lead. Richie Wharton then hit a single 123 to make it 2-4, but Mark Williams won the seventh set 67-42 to take the lead in the match point.
Desperately lit up, Rich Walton didn't give up and went on a counterattack, with two 60+ shots to tie the score to 4-5, and RichIe Walton took the tenth set in a standoff to drag the match into the decider.
In the final minute, Mark Williams took the lead, but made a mistake halfway through, and Rich Walton set the win with a single shot of 58 points. Mark Williams was powerless to fight back, and Richie Walton completed a super reversal to eliminate Mark Williams 6-5 and burst out of the big cold.
Winning Richie Wharton took his first place in the semi-finals, a semi-final match between Barry Hawkins and Yan Bingtao. For Yan Bingtao, this is definitely a good opportunity to impact the final, because there are no top masters in the first half. Yan Bingtao will appear on the next match day, the opponent is Barry Hawkins, good luck to Yan Bingtao!