The 2021-2022 Snooker World Championships began semi-finals, the four world champions will fight each other for the right to the final, the four players who performed best at this World Championship will eventually advance to the final four, and the "75 three masters" O'Sullivan, Mark Williams and Higgins will enter the final four again after 23 years, and they will launch a "siege" against "President" Trump. O'Sullivan's three rounds of competition are all big victories against the opponent to advance, the champion is revealed, Mark Williams is also in a state of explosion, the first two rounds of the game only let the opponent get six sets in total, the third round of the game slightly tested, but in the end there was a thrilling victory over China's Yan Bingtao to advance to the final four. In contrast, Higgins and Trump are in a relatively stable state, and the state of the two shows a gradual upward trend, which is very favorable for them to compete for good results in the game. The semi-final match will be Mark Williams against the "post-80s" Trump, while Higgins will play the 76th "Theo Meeting" with O'Sullivan, and the semi-final will be a 17-win system in 33 innings, and the game will be divided into four stages, which will test the energy of the players.
The first match of the semi-finals was played by "Golden Left Hand" Mark Williams against Trump, who won the World Championship three times and Trump had managed to reach the top three years earlier. Mark Williams and Trump are both known for offense, and the key to the competition between the two depends on who is in better offensive form. Trump is not in as good form this season as he was in the previous two seasons, but he still won two titles, including the championship of champions. Mark Williams was in a high and low form, winning the British Open title at the beginning of the season, but he did not play a bright result in the subsequent ranking matches, and after coming to the World Championships, Mark Williams seemed to be back to the beginning of the season, which was good news for him. The first stage of the two matches will be played in eight sets, and although this is not the decision of the entire game, it is also very critical, after all, a good start is half the battle.
The first stage of the semi-finals began with both sides coming into shape quickly, Mark Williams successfully scored a far red ball on the first touch, a mistake when he exploded the red ball pile after scoring 28 points, Trump also made a mistake after scoring a single shot of 49 points, Mark Williams scored 8 points on the attack and made a snooker, Trump was fined 10 points for two mistakes, and then the two exchanged offensive rights several times, and finally Trump seized the opportunity to win the first set with a 78:46 victory.
In the second set, Mark Williams took the lead again, but unfortunately the two starter attacks did not play a high score, after scoring 28 points to give up the offensive right, Trump single shot 70 points and then the next city, the big score 2:0 lead, the third game Trump continued to work hard many times to start the attack roar and win another set, the big score 3:0 lead. In the fourth set, the two sides were very competitive, Trump took the lead with 27 points and then handed over the offensive right, Mark Williams also stopped the attack after scoring 46 points, and the two sides then began a defensive battle, Mark Williams finally won 65:34 to win the first set, Trump led Mark Williams 3-1 in the first four games.
In the fifth inning, Trump was unaffected by the loss of the previous set, he won 73:28, and in the sixth game Trump took the initiative on the field, shooting 54 points and then taking the set 84:21, leading Mark Williams 5-1. In the seventh game Mark Williams scored eight points and gave up the offensive right, Trump scored a single shot of 62 points to complete the score, Mark Williams started attacking and scored 14 points after doing snooker, Trump directly thin the last red ball and hit the pink ball and won 91:22, leading 6:1. In the eighth inning, Trump opened with a single 53 points to establish the advantage, and finally won the eighth set 94:4, ending the first stage of the game with a 7:1 lead. From the first stage of the game, Trump is in good shape, and Mark Williams is in a clear slump, although it is only the first stage of the game, but at present, Mark Williams promotion situation is not optimistic.