On April 29, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship entered the 14th match day, and world champion Mark Williams ushered in a life-and-death battle, because he is currently 1-7 behind, has fallen into a desperate situation, if the second stage can not narrow the point difference, I am afraid it will be out early. In other words, his opponent Trump has a huge advantage and is expected to win the first final seat in this World Championship.
The semi-finals were played in four stages on a 33-inning, 17-win format, and according to the schedule, Mark Williams and Trump will play the second and third stages of the next 14th matchday. Because the first stage was sluggish and lost 1-7, the next second stage was a life-and-death battle for Mark Williams, and if he could not narrow the point gap, I am afraid that he would be out early.
Mark Williams' strengths are high accuracy, strong ability to score consecutive points, and his courage to shoot at key moments, and his psychological state is particularly strong, which are the main reasons for his defeat of Yan Bingtao. However, in the first stage of the match against Trump, Mark Williams had no feel, and the batting success rate was less than 80%, which can be said to be a continuous error. In this case, Trump took control of the situation and made a fantastic start.
In fact, Trump's state is also very average, but his opponents Bingham and Mark Williams have continuously sent big gifts, and Trump has become more and more confident the more he plays, and he feels a little bit into a better situation. If Trump continues to improve his form in the second phase and widen the point difference further, the semi-final will most likely end in three stages. In other words, the first final seat of this World Championship is about to be announced.
The other semi-final was fiercely contested, with O'Sullivan trailing 0-3, 3-4, but he still tied the score with a 2-shot 100 and a 3-50+. In fact, O'Sullivan is obviously superior in terms of data, especially the success rate of hitting the ball is much higher, but the mistakes at key moments are too fatal. On the next 14th matchday, the two will only play the second stage, the schedule is relatively relaxed, which is a good thing for Higgins, after all, he fought with Lisovsky to the decider before, the consumption is very large, and the easy schedule can make him adjust well.
Matchday 14 was played in three slots, namely Mark Williams against Trump at 17:00, Higgins against O'Sullivan at 21:30 p.m., and Mark Williams against Trump at 2:00 a.m. the next day. Can Mark Williams fight back in a desperate situation? Let's wait and see!