On April 30, the first final place of the 2022 World Snooker Championship was born at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, and the 2019 World Championship winner and No. 4 seed of england, Trump, went through four stages of competition to win 17-16 with a thrilling victory over triple-crowned champion, 47-year-old No. 8 seed, Wales' Williams. Advancing to the final of the World Championships for the third time in his career, he will strike at his second World Championship title, and the final opponent will be between Higgins and O'Sullivan.
At this year's World Championships, Williams was in great shape, the first two rounds were defeated by a huge difference in points, 10-3 Page, 13-3 Michael White, 1/4 final with China's post-00 star Yan Bingtao, he achieved a huge advantage in the first stage, but then was continuously chased by Yan Bingtao, and even overtaken, but the veteran Williams finally reversed the promotion at 13-11. Trump, on the other hand, defeated Wafi, McGill and Bingham to advance to the semi-finals, becoming the only young player outside of the top 4.
In the professional tournament record, Williams and Trump have played 26 times, Williams won more in the early stages, but was basically suppressed by Trump in the later stages, so Trump had the advantage of 17 wins and 9 losses, but the two never played a matchup of 10 wins in 19 sets or more, and it was also the first time they met at the World Championships.
In the first stage of the match between the two, Trump stormed off and opened directly with a 7-1, almost perfect play made Williams a little desperate, and even joked after the game that if he continued to play like this, he might lose 1-17. In the second stage, Williams' accuracy returned and began to chase points, which hit a 4-4 draw to trail 5-11. In the third stage, Williams further exerted his strength, playing Trump a 6-2, directly chasing the score to 11-13, the huge point difference was no more, the two almost returned to the same running line, will be a decisive victory in the fourth stage.
After the start of the fourth stage, Trump took the lead and won the first set, taking a 14-11 lead. Williams then seized the opportunity to complete a one-set reversal, a one-shot victory and a good play of breaking the hundred, winning three consecutive sets, directly chasing the score to 14-14 draws, the two sides really returned to the same running line, and finally played a five-game, 3-win showdown. Trump won the 29th set first in the fight, followed by Williams' breakthrough of 100, not only chasing down to 15-15 again, but also equaling Hendry's 2002 single World Championship record of 16 strokes to break 100.
In the crucial 31st set, Williams took the lead, but failed to exceed the score, after which the two continued to attack and defend, and in the final color ball stage, the two frequently staged accurate far-court moments. And Williams's beautiful defense allowed Trump to miss the opportunity, smoothly hit the powder ball, complete the super score to win the round, Williams achieved the first lead of the game, taking the lead and taking the first match point. In the 32nd set, Trump played several times, completed the extreme overshoot, equalized the big score, drew 17-17, and the two sides entered the decider.
In the final decider, Williams made a miracle, resulting in a blue ball error, Trump repeatedly completed the super points, achieved a reversal of the kill, the big score was fixed at 17-16. Trump qualified for the world championship final for the third time after 2011 and 2019, after winning the title in 2019, and this year will be on the verge of his second world championship title.