The latest news on April 21, 2022, Beijing time, three-time world champion Mark Williams was angered by Hendry's controversial remarks. Before the focus battle between Mark Williams and Page, they had been fighting at the same training table. But Hendry's remarks before the battle began that they shouldn't be training at the same table were clearly upsetting Mark Williams. So the "golden left hand" directly tore Hendry on social media and angrily scolded the latter as an idiot who always liked nonsense.
Hendry's controversial remarks sparked a contradiction
Talking about the match between Mark Williams and Page, Hendry made highly controversial remarks that he believed that Mark Williams should not train at the same table as Page because Hendry thought it might affect the mentality and level of competition of the two men. In Hendry's view, the two men shouldn't even meet until the focus war comes. Obviously, this view not only failed Mark Williams to understand, but made the latter feel very unhappy. When Hendry's views were highlighted by the media, Mark Williams immediately couldn't sit still, and he directly scolded Hendry on social media as an idiot and liked to talk nonsense. Because he thinks he has nothing wrong with training with his friends, not to mention that they have always been training partners.
Page: All in against Williams
In the quarter-finals, Page will be challenged by his friend Mark Williams, and when talking about his opponents, Page said that Mark Williams has always been a good friend of his, but he will never be ruthless in the game. Speaking about facing Williams, the 20-year-old said he would try to treat his training partner like any other opponent, but it was no easy feat. "Obviously, in addition to practicing together, we eat together, play golf, play cards, play bingo," he says. We had a great laugh together and have been so for years. I'm confident. Hopefully I can stick with it. This will be a huge step forward. Whatever happens, I'll enjoy it. ”
Williams: I don't like to lose to anybody
After Page finished talking about his opinion, Mark Williams added: "Obviously, I will do my best to beat him and destroy him, there is no doubt about it. I don't like to lose to anyone, but if I'm going to lose to anyone and I have to choose one, then I hope it's him. Will do my best to win the game, but if I lose, I have no problem at all. If that means he's in the top 64 of the world by beating me, I'm at least 50% on his side. There are a few people in our club and it's interesting to see some of them on the other side. So I think it's going to be tough because he's not just a friend, he's more like my fourth son, really. He came home and we played cards with my kids, pizza, golf, badminton. A lot of things, we do together. I think we'll have a bite to eat together tonight, unless he sends me away on these two days. In fact, it's a lot of fun to be with friends like Page. So we don't need someone else to dictate what we do, and he (Hendry) is stupid on this because he doesn't know page and my life and work status. ”