On May 1, 2022, the semi-finals of the Snooker World Championship continued, and the match between 3-time World Champion Mark Williams and Judd Trump entered the decisive stage, and finally Trump was chased to a 14-14 draw with a 7-1 lead in the first leg and a 12-5 lead in the third stage, with a total score of 17-16! Although Williams stopped in the top 4, but equaled Hendry's 16-stroke Crucifer single-time record, Trump reached the world championship final for the third time in his career, and as O'Sullivan led 15-9 in the other semi-final, Higgins was basically hopeless to turn over, and Trump waited for the 30th "Special Olympics".
Trump's first two rounds of this tournament are very general, stumbling into the top 8, until the second half of the state with Bingham has recovered, the state is relatively late, on the contrary, Williams' state is quite early, the first three games including this one with Yan Bingtao, the accuracy of the far platform and continuous scoring have always maintained a fairly high level, and the two sides have not met in the World Championships before. Williams was in extremely poor shape in the first stage, with a goal success rate of less than 75%, a far-court success rate of only around 35%, and did not shoot any 50+ in the first eight innings, and the first leg was 1-7 in a desperate situation.
In the second stage, Williams' state has rebounded, but it has not been able to reverse the situation, the two-stage battle ended the total score to 5-11, there is still a 6-inning difference, the third stage Williams finally found the state, blasted 1 shot to break 100 4 50+, played a wave of 6-2, rewrite the total score to 11-13, from the maximum score difference of 7 innings to 2 innings, the game rekindled hope. At the beginning of the fourth stage, Williams got another chance, but unfortunately forced the attack error after a single shot of 42 points, and Trump started with a single shot of 64 points to exceed the score, 14-11! In the 26th set, Trump cleared the red ball black and yellow mistakes, Williams won the ball and overtook the score, 12-14 bite the score! In the 27th set, Williams scored another set with 59 points, and the total score of 13-14 narrowed to a one-point difference for the first time!
In the 28th inning, Williams crossed the far stage with a single shot of 137 to equalize 14-14! In the 29th inning, Trump regained his advantage at 83-35! In the 30th inning, Williams scored 138 points, and Crucible's 16th single shot broke the 100-hundred to tie Hendry record! In the 31st inning, after a long battle between the two sides, Williams won 62-49, 16-15 for the first time in the whole game and reached the match point first! In the 32nd inning, Trump was 53-31 in the decider! In the end, Trump won. According to the schedule, Trump will meet the winner between O'Sullivan and Higgins in the first stage of the final at 20:00 Beijing time on May 1, and the "Inverted Sword Flower" will push relevant reports in time, so stay tuned.