On May 1, 2022, the snooker World Championship ended the first semi-final battle, after four stages of competition, the final 2019 World Championship champion Judd Trump 17-16 to the three-time World Champion Mark Williams, the two sides from 7-1 to 12-5, and then to 14-14, until the decider, finally decided the winner. Williams, although missing the final, scored her 16th break in the World Championship Crucibles, equaling Hendry's single-time Crucible 16-stroke 100 record, and Trump reached the World Championship final for the third time, waiting for the winner between O'Sullivan and Higgins.
The two men played 1-7 in the first stage, Williams trailed, in the second stage Williams tried to launch a counterattack but did not narrow the point difference, the two stages were 5-11, the third stage Williams rose up and played a small 6-2 climax against Trump, chasing the total score to 11-13, and the game was suspenseful. At the start of the fourth stage, Trump lost three consecutive sets after winning the first set, and Williams trailed to 14-14 on aggregate! Trump then won another set, with Williams winning two straight sets to reach match point 16-15, the first time Williams took the lead in the match and reached match point at the same time.
Both sides were very cautious in the match point, both sides did not play 50+, the game entered a long battle many times, and finally Trump won 53-31, 69-34 respectively, and completed the reversal to reverse the kill 17-16! Thrilling clearances to advance to the finals. Another semi-final O'Sullivan temporarily led Higgins 15-9, Higgins want to turn over, must play O'Sullivan 8-1 or 8-0, such an operation is basically difficult to achieve, therefore, the final will be a high probability between Trump and O'Sullivan, the 30th "Special Olympics", let's wait and see.