Mark Williams progressed to the semi-finals of the Champion of Champions event by defeating Kyren Wilson 6-5 in Tuesday’s Group Two last.
Wilson got here again from 5-3 all the way down to pressure a decider however Williams did sufficient to safe victory over the reigning world champion.
Williams, the world quantity six, went 3-2 up after breaks of 109 and 72, just for England’s Wilson to attract stage with a century of his personal.
The Welshman then produced runs of 140 and 71 to revive a two-frame benefit in Bolton, however world quantity two Wilson replied with a 123.
A break of 56 put Williams getting ready to victory within the tenth body, and though Wilson hit 58 to maintain the match alive, Williams did sufficient to make sure he marched on.
Earlier, Williams beat China’s Bai Yulu, the ladies’s world champion, within the group semi-finals.
Though the ladies’s world quantity 4, 21, levelled issues up at 1-1, Williams gained the subsequent three frames to clinch a 4-1 victory, his highest break of 92 coming within the opener.
Wilson additionally gained his first match on Tuesday 4-1, hitting two centuries towards Belgium’s Luca Brecel to romp to victory after the 2023 world champion took the primary body.
Williams follows Northern Eire’s Mark Allen into the semi-finals of the invitational event, the place 16 gamers are divided into 4 teams of 4.
The winners of every group contest the semi-finals and the winner of Sunday’s last will accumulate a primary prize of £150,000.
