In the early morning of May 1, Beijing time, the semi-final of the Snooker World Championship, the match between Mark Williams vs Judd Trump ended, and finally Mark Williams almost staged a shocking reversal, in the case of taking the first match point, failed to laugh at the end, Trump 17-16 to advance to the final.
In the first 3 stages, Williams showed the power of the late strike, the first stage of the golden left hand once fell behind 1-7, and in the first 11 innings did not break a single shot to break 50, the second stage although the state recovered, but after all, the start was too much behind, or 5-11 was in a significant disadvantage. At this time, according to Trump's strength, it should be said that winning the game is a high probability event.
However, after the start of the third stage, the storm suddenly changed, Williams played a single shot of 137, 58, 53, 57, 77 points, blasted out a "5 consecutive whips" to chase 11-13, suspense restart! In the fourth stage, Williams continued to be strong, although Trump took the lead in shooting a single shot to break 50, but soon Williams single shot 59 points, 137 points to chase 14-14!
The game reached its climax, and after Trump won the 29th inning, Williams broke out again to shoot a single shot to score 138 points to chase 15-15! It is worth mentioning that this is Williams' 16th individual break of the 100th in this year's Crucible, equaling the record set by Hendry in 2002. In the crucial 31st inning, Williams continued to work hard, winning 62-49 and leading for the first time in the whole game! Williams, with a maximum of seven innings behind, managed to reverse the game.
In the 32nd set, Trump withdrew with great pressure and won 53-31 in a suffocating offensive and defensive duel, dragging the game into the decider. A game to be won! In the decider, Trump took the lead, and made a mistake after scoring 50 points in the face of a good situation, but after starting again, the state of mind ended the suspense, and Trump completed the kill 17-16 and advanced to the final! After the game, Mark Williams and the beautiful referee both shook hands with Trump to send congratulations.