Nov 13,2024
Mark Williams booked his place in the semi-finals of the Champions of Champions in Bolton with a thrilling 6-5 win over Kyren Wilson - his first career win against the reigning world title holder.
Both players recorded two century breaks in the showdown, trading frames until Williams took a 5-3 lead courtesy of a 140 in the seventh frame before edging the next.
Wilson took the must-win next two, which included a break of 123, to set up a tense decider.
Williams, who beat women's world champion Bai Yulu 4-1 earlier in the day, made a match-winning 43 after Wilson missed a difficult black and the world champion conceded when he missed his first attempt on the final red.
The world champion had earlier dispatched Belgium's Luca Brecel 4-1
