On April 8, 2024, Beijing time, the World Snooker Tour Championship came to a successful conclusion. World No. 8 Mark Williams won seven games in a row after falling behind 3-5 and successfully won the championship with a 10-5 reversal of world No. 1 O'Sullivan.
After this game, Mark Williams, known as the golden left-hander, couldn't help but shed tears on the field. As one of the members of the 75 Trinity, Williams once had the idea of retiring. But after a boring day, Williams dismissed such thoughts.
In this Tour Championship, he made snooker history by defeating Tomford, Trump, Allen and O'Sullivan in succession.
Williams reversed O'Sullivan 10-5 to win the championship
In the final of the Tour Championship between Mark Williams and O'Sullivan, Williams took a 3-1 lead in the first four games with a single shot of 66, 91 and 67 points.
But then, O'Sullivan scored 102 points, 127 points, 59 points and 121 points in a single stroke, winning four games in a row, overtaking Williams 5-3 to take the lead in the championship, and then ended the first stage of the competition between the two sides.
But what people didn't expect was that the game changed dramatically in the second stage. World No. 1 O'Sullivan was in no form throughout the second period, but Williams played super competitive form.
The three-time world champion won seven games in a row with a single shot of 104 points, 54 points, 99 points, 112 points, 78 points and the ability to seize opportunities, and finally reversed O'Sullivan 10-5 to win the championship.
Mark Williams made history and shed tears in the field
After reversing O'Sullivan to win the Tour Championship, Mark Williams did not hold back his tears. As the oldest player in the 75 triumvirate, Mark Williams once had the idea of retiring, but the boring retirement life made him dismiss such thoughts.
After dismissing the idea of retiring, Williams didn't do very well, and he seemed to be far from the championship. But over the course of the season, Mark Williams has made it to the finals twice and won the title twice.
The Tour Championship victory not only allowed Mark Williams to achieve his first title in the event, but also became the oldest player to win the event. For Mark Williams, only he knows how hard it is to do all this. In this moment, he is not only a champion, but also a player who makes history.
Williams single-handedly changed the landscape directly
Before Mark Williams successfully won the Tour Championship, O'Sullivan was also the world's No. 1 player in ranking tournament win percentage. But after Mark Williams won the championship, he successfully helped Trump surpass O'Sullivan and continue to top the top of the ranking tournament win percentage this season.
In addition, he also surpassed Allen and Ding Junhui in his ranking match win rate and became the third-ranked player. At the same time, Mark Williams also became the only player to defeat O'Sullivan in the final this season, which directly broke the myth that O'Sullivan was undefeated in the final this season.
In addition, he also made it impossible for O'Sullivan to lock in the honor of Player of the Season in advance. Objectively speaking, if it weren't for Mark Williams' disruption, O'Sullivan would have directly unlocked a number of records.
But from the moment he won the championship, all of O'Sullivan's plans will be postponed. And this also means that this year's World Championships will be more competitive and more interesting. After all, the competition between O'Sullivan and Trump continues, and the World Championships are the final test.