Mark Williams breaks the melting pot when he reaches the final of the world championship

Judd Trump was frozen from the melting pot when Mark Williams became the oldest finalist of the world championship.

The World No. 1 will fall back to the warmth of Dubai After he lost 17-14 to Sluw Oude Potter Willo in the semi-final in Sheffield.

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The 50-year-old Welshman Die is being prepared for competitions by listening to Tom Jones’s Delilah on a loop Will be the stimulating Chinese amateur Zhao Xintong for two days.

There is an age of 22 years and Xintong, 28, was three years old when Williams successfully fourth his first melting pot in 2000.

Triple world champion Williams met Trump from 7-3 And as someone who fits someone who was an amateur boxer, he came swinging and showing off with his frame craft and deception to reach a fifth world final.

This was a hugely disappointing result for pre-tournament favorite Trump, it was Try to earn £ 2 million in prize money for the season.

Although he goes to the Middle East with that £ 100,000 bonus for reaching 100 centuries before the 2024-25 season, he would like to exchange all that dosh for a crack in a second title, six years after his first triumph.

The second session ended at 8-8 each, but after losing Frame 17, the first frame of the third session on Saturday, Trump complained to the referee about the cool circumstances.

The Bristol Potter, 35, was unhappy with the cool temperature in the arena and wanted the heating to pop up.

There was little heat from his sign when he lost that session 5-3 and Williams, whose first world final in 1999 was against Stephen Hendry, went back to his excavations 13-11.

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In Frame 25, Williams’ eight-minute break of 67 was enough to see him extend his lead to 14-11.

Fortune was not on the side of Trump and even when he seemed to have involved Williams in a decent safety struggle in Frame 26, he finally admitted because he accidentally poured the last red.

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When Trump missed a earlier red, someone in the crowd shouted: “How did you miss that, Judd?” who irritated the highest ranked potter of the sport.

In Frame 27, Trump made a 104 – his 13th century of the tournament – to close the gap to three frames.

Williams responded with a 100 and then Trump won Frames 29 and 30, the last one with a 116, his 14th century in four games.

Yet the older man guaranteed at least £ 200,000 and a shot at the top £ 500,000 prize with a competition -winning 123, which he marked with a fist bump.

Williams has problems with his eyes and says that his vision will be “by the month”, and the balls are a blur for him.

During the players’ championship in March, he also claimed that he could not even see the huge scoreboard at the end of the table, insisting on it: “I am half -blind, my eyes have completely disappeared.”

On 12 June he will undergo lens replacement operation, which costs around £ 4,000 per eye to correct his vision.

But that operation has been seen in doubt how well he played and following advice he received from other players.

It is therefore remarkable that he succeeded in winning a game, let alone four, past two weeks.

But then Snooker has always been a country for old men – and Williams, the oldest of all, could lift title no. 4 after the best of 35 frames that come on Monday evening.

World Snooker Championship 2025

We are now in the last days of what an exciting World Snooker Championship has been!

A new world champion will be crowned this year Kyren Wilson crashed in the first round.

Heavyweights such as John Higgins and Mark Selby have also fallen when we go to the final on Sunday and Monday.

Ronnie O’Sullivan I looked at a record eighth world title but crashed into the hands of the brilliant Zhao Xintong – who after his ban reached the final qualification as an amateur.

In the other semi -final, World No 1 and Tournament Favorite Judd Trump is confronted with Mark Williams.

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