Champion of Champions: Mark Williams beats Kyren Wilson to reach semi-finals
Wilson came succor from 5-3 down to force a decider however Williams did ample to exact victory over the reigning world champion.
Williams, the area number six, went 3-2 up after breaks of 109 and 72, most gripping for England’s Wilson to contrivance stage with a century of his have.
The Welshman then produced runs of 140 and 71 to revive a two-physique serve in Bolton, however world number two Wilson replied with a 123.
A destroy of 56 keep Williams on the level of victory within the tenth physique, and though Wilson hit 58 to defend the match alive, Williams did ample to invent positive he marched on.
Earlier, Williams beat China’s Bai Yulu, the women folk’s world champion, within the community semi-finals.
Though the women folk’s world number four, 21, levelled things up at 1-1, Williams obtained the next three frames to clinch a 4-1 victory, his highest destroy of 92 coming within the opener.
Wilson also obtained his first match on Tuesday 4-1, hitting two centuries against Belgium’s Luca Brecel to romp to victory after the 2023 world champion took the critical physique.
Williams follows Northern Ireland’s Trace Allen into the semi-finals of the invitational match, where 16 gamers are divided into four teams of 4.
The winners of every community contest the semi-finals and the winner of Sunday’s last will salvage a critical prize of £150,000.