In the semi-finals of the World Snooker Championship, which just ended on May 1, 2022, Beijing time, Trump and Mark Williams staged a wonderful duel. After four rounds, world number four Trump advanced to the final with a 17-16 victory over Mark Williams with a superb performance of 114, 100, 120, 113, 70, 54, 70, 62, 53, 50, 79 and 64. Next, he will compete with the winners between Higgins and O'Sullivan for the final championship trophy.
Trump led Williams 7-1 in four straight sets
In the first stage of the match between Williams and Trump, Trump's performance can be described as very strong. As soon as the game began, Trump won three consecutive sets with 78:46, 70 points 70:28 and 70 points 100:8 to take a 3-0 lead. Williams then trailed Trump 1-3 with a 72-34 performance. After the game entered the second half, Trump's performance was still very strong. The match moved to the fifth inning, with Trump taking a 4-1 lead 73-28. In the 6th set, Trump scored 54 points and won another set 84:21 to take a 5-1 lead. In the 7th set, Trump scored another set with 62 points, 91:22, to take a 6-1 lead. In the 8th inning, Trump scored 53 points to win the game 94-4 to take a 7-1 lead over Williams to take a six-inning lead.
Williams trailed 5-11 in four innings to fall behind Trump
After the game entered the second stage, Williams' form clearly picked up. The game moved to the ninth inning, and Williams won 72-7 to trail Trump 2-7. In the 10th set, Trump blasted 114 points 131-0 to take an 8-2 lead. In the 11th set, Trump scored 100 points and won another set 138-0 to take a 9-2 lead. In the 12th set, Williams scored 119 points 119:1 to win the set to trail Trump 3-9. In the 13th set, Williams won 61:8 to trail Trump 4-9. In the 14th inning, Trump scored 50 points and won the set 93-0 to take a 10-4 lead over Williams. In the 15th inning, Williams scored a mistake on a 52-point run, and Trump scored an 79-79 to take an 11-4 lead. In the 16th inning, Williams scored 70 points at 74:18 to trail the Teress 5-11 in the innings.
Williams won five straight sets to trail Trump 11-13
After the game entered the third stage, Williams' state gradually became idealized. The game moved to the 17th inning when Trump single-handedly struck a 120-point clean sheet against Williams to take a 12-5 lead. In the 18th inning, Williams single-handedly scored a 137-point clean sheet to trail Trump 6-12. In the 19th inning, Williams blasted out 58 and 53 runs to make another clean sheet at 119-0 and trailed Trump 7-12. In the 20th set, Williams trailed Trump 8-12 in a single set 64-50 with multiple mobile phones. In the 21st inning, Williams blasted out 57 points and 67-0 to win the set to trail Trump 9-12. In the 22nd inning, Williams scored a 77-point clean sheet for Trump to trail Trump 10-12. In the 23rd inning, Trump scored 113 points and won the set 125-1 to take a 13-10 lead over Williams. In the 24th set, Williams won the game 63:14 with his outstanding ability to seize the opportunity to leave Trump 11-13 behind.
Trump stubbornly performed a 17-16 victory over Williams
After the game entered the fourth stage, Williams' form was still very hot, while Trump's state was significantly declining. The game moved to the 25th inning, and Trump single-handedly blasted 64 points to win the game 76-42 to take a 14-11 lead. In the 26th inning, Williams won the set 63-49 with multiple mobile phone games to trail Trump 12-14. In the 27th inning, Williams scored 59 points to win the game 73-30, thus trailing Trump 13-14 to close the gap to one set. In the 28th inning, Williams scored a 137-point clean sheet and Trump confirmed a 14-14 draw against Trump to return to the same running line.
In the 29th inning, Trump won the set 83-35 on multiple mobile phones to take a 15-14 lead over Williams. In the 30th inning, Williams scored a 138-point clean sheet to draw Trump 15-15, which was also Williams' 16th hundredth in the tournament, which also helped him equal the record set by Hendry in the past. In the 31st inning, Williams won the match 62:47 to win the game 16-15 against Trump to get the match point. In the 32nd set, Trump won the game 53:31 and drew 16-16 with Williams. In the 33rd set, Trump won the match 69:34 to defeat Williams 17-16 to advance to the final of the tournament.