After 24 years, Mark Williams once again lifted the snooker British Open trophy. At the moment, he is 46 years old, the 24th ranking champion in his nearly 30-year career.
At the 1997 British Open, Williams won the championship with a 9-2 victory over Hendry in the final. At that time, Jin Zuo was only 22 years old, still in the early stages of his career, and the 75 Sanjie was more often called the 92 generation. 24 years have passed, and all three have achieved extraordinary results in their 30-year careers. In the British Open, O'Sullivan did not participate, Higgins scored 147 points in the first round of the first set, and Williams laughed to the end, taking the championship and the championship prize money of 100,000 pounds.
With 24 ranking titles, Williams is the fifth-man in history, with Davis 28 crowns, Higgins 31 crowns, Hendry 36 titles and O'Sullivan 37 in front of him.
In this final, Williams's opponent was Gary Wilson, who had only reached the ranking final once before, but his ability could not be underestimated, Williams finally won 6-4, broke the hundred with two shots, and the accuracy of Kim's left hand on several balls in the game was still amazing. Williams is also the third-longest ranking champion in history.
Williams admitted after the game that five years ago he thought his career was over, but now, five years later, when he is 46 years old, he can still rank eighth in the world.
Spectators can enter the game, and Williams' wife and second and third sons also attend the game. Williams' second son went to Sheffield during this year's World Championships to buy an O'Sullivan branded outfit and wear it to school, and the third son took a picture with O'Sullivan during the earlier Welsh Open. The Williams family of four drove home after the race, and with a gap to the next game, Williams could also enjoy it.
After the End of the British Open, the latest world rankings were released, Selby returned to the world number one after 880 days, Trump dropped to the world second place, and Ding Junhui ranked tenth, after he had decided not to participate in the subsequent Northern Ireland Open.
Williams said of himself: I'm not the worst one, but I'm not a legend like O'Sullivan and Higgins. Compared with the other two of the 75 Three Masters, his number of championships is indeed not so much, but it is also definitely worthy of the word legend.