In the early morning of August 22, Beijing time, the snooker British Open ended a one-day double, and the 46-year-old Mark Williams advanced to the final and will compete with Gary Wilson for the championship.
Before the quarter-finals, Williams had cheered himself on and started the journey after a fast meal. The well-fed Williams narrowly defeated Walton 4-3 to advance to the semifinals. Williams didn't have a single 50+ in the game, and Walton scored a 4-shot 50+. Before the semi-finals, Williams ate another fried chicken fast food, which felt much better than the quarter-finals, and eliminated former European Masters champion Jimmy Robertson 4-1 to advance to the final, where Williams shot three consecutive 50+.
Williams, 46, has played for nearly three decades, has 23 ranking titles and will win the ranking tournament for the 24th time if he wins tonight's final. Currently, there are only four more titles than him in the rankings: O'Sullivan, Hendry, Higgins and Davis.
Kim said after the left-handed game that the game against Jimmy Robertson was probably the best one of the week, jimmy had a couple of chances but missed them all, and I scored. I had a chance to lead 3-1 and it was really great. It's great to be in the final, I could win 6-0 or lose 0-6. Williams, 46, said he couldn't be here forever and could have been out of the first, second, third or fourth round, but is lucky to be here now and hopefully has more luck in the next final.
Williams said: "I'm not a bad player and I'm not one of the greatest players of all time. ”
Gary Wilson, 36, a former taxi driver, is now just one last victory away from his first individual ranking title. It was Gary Wilson's 11th professional season, and he reached the ranking final at the 2015 China Open, but lost 2-10 to Selby. Prior to this match, Gary Wilson had lost three consecutive semi-finals, the 2018 Welsh Open, the 2019 World Championships and the 2020 European Masters, this time finally winning the semi-finals, beating the 27-year-old Slather to advance to the final. Slather has previously beaten Trump, Carter and Zhou Yuelong.
Two Chinese players reached the quarter-finals, with Zhou Yuelong losing 3-4 to Slather and Lu Ning 2-4 to Jimmy Robertson.
In the final, there were 6 wins in 11 innings, and the enforcement referee was the old referee Scullin.