- Former champion uncertain if he has played last Crucible match
- ‘I’m not considering my future really, just it’s a tough game’
The three-times champion Mark Williams admitted he does not know whether he has played his last World Snooker Championship match after he suffered a dramatic 10-9 defeat to Si Jiahui in the first round. Si continued his love affair with the Crucible as he followed up last year’s surprise run to the semi-finals by knocking out Williams in an epic clash.
Williams resumed with a 5-4 lead but it was the Chinese 21-year-old who hit the ground running on Tuesday, taking each of the opening four frames to go into the mid-session interval 8-5 in front. Williams then won four of the next five to make it 9-9 and set up a decider, with Si holding his nerve to close out a narrow victory.
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