On April 29, Beijing time, the semi-finals of the Snooker World Championship began. World No. 4 Trump hit a blast to beat World Champion 3-time Champion Mark Williams 7-1, and Trump scored a 5-50+ in eight innings. Mark Williams, who is known for his offense, did not play a 50+ performance in 8 innings, which was disappointing.
Trump is ranked 4th in the world and Mark Williams is 8th in the world. Coming to the round of 4 of the World Championships, the ranking significance of the two sides is not very large, and the master duel only depends on the impromptu play. As two players who have won the World Championship, they are obviously no strangers to Crucible with a table. The two sides have played each other 27 times before, and Trump has the advantage of 18 wins and 9 losses.
After the game began, Trump quickly got into shape. After winning the first set 78-46, Trump blasted a single 70-point victory in two consecutive sets to quickly take a 3-0 lead. Mark Williams then pulled back the set 72-34 to go into halftime 1-3. On his return, Trump remained fully dominant, shooting 54, 62 and 53 points to take a 7-1 lead after four consecutive innings. Uncle Ma looked sluggish, a little dazed and overwhelmed.
In the 4th round of the game, although Uncle Ma won, he tried to seal the victory several times in a row after scoring, but he failed to score, which showed the difference in status. Although it is a 33-inning 17-win format, the next matchup is still very long, but there is no doubt that the 1-7 score will put Mark Williams in a very passive situation. And, with Mark Williams in such a bad state, he may have had a hard time turning the tables.
In the other match, O'Sullivan drew 4-4 with Higgins. Higgins took the lead in shooting a two-shot 50+ to take a 3-0 lead. But soon, O'Sullivan hit a 100 and a two-shot 50+ to tie the score to 3 draws. After that, the two sides won another set each, and the first stage was completed with a 4-4 draw.