00:34Doug Trump had a 6-0 victory in the previous round over Zhou Yulong.
00:40And that man was pretty impressive, I thought.
00:43He's been quite of late, but he had a good win in the previous round against Barry Hawkins.
00:54Six frames to two, the margin.
00:56He's been a bit hot and cold.
00:58He won in Xi'an earlier in the season in China, that ranking event, which is the main reason
01:03he's here on the one-year list, because this is all for the top 16 players on the one-year
01:08list.
01:08So it doesn't matter what you've got coming into the season, it's about what you do this
01:12season.
01:15Good shot there, isn't it, to just run up to that red safely.
01:19And that's for Judd Trumwell.
01:21A few near misses this season.
01:22Finalist in the Champion of Champions, non-ranking.
01:28Finalist in Northern Ireland, which was ranking, lost to Jack Lozowski, his good friend.
01:32And, of course, losing in the UK Championship final to Mark Selby.
01:37Another reason why he got all his points.
01:40But he did get a victory in Berlin a couple of weeks back.
01:48picking up his first ranking event for what was exactly 14 months at that point.
02:00Being Sean Murphy in the final.
02:02So, it's safe to say that now he's in the kind of form we expect from the world number
02:07one.
02:21Just feel that Williams might be coming into a bit of form.
02:24You know, I say it's been quiet, but that win the other day might have given him a bit
02:26of confidence for a match of this kind.
02:29Which, of course, you're going to need.
03:00These still have played a lot over the years.
03:03And it's Judd Trump who's had the better of things.
03:07You see that ball hit the jaw of the middle pocket.
03:1014-8 in favour of Judd Trump.
03:13I think many will remember what happened in the final of Saudi, the first ever Saudi
03:18Arabia Snooker Masters, £500,000 a winner, where Judd cleared all the way to the black
03:27to clear up and beat Mark Williams, which was a bit of a sickening defeat for most people.
03:32But Williams took it in his stride.
03:37But they've also played at the Crucible.
03:39They've played in the biggest events, actually.
03:43Masters final, 2023, which Trump won.
03:59First mistake to Judd Trump.
04:01It was a pretty cagey safety shot from Williams that brought about that error.
04:05He tried to play it with a trace of left-hand side and bend it around the green ball.
04:10It never quite worked out.
04:14One.
04:16So, Williams, who probably needs a good start, I think, in a match where he clearly isn't
04:22favourite to win.
04:24But you never underestimate any of the class of 92, including this man.
04:29The other two, of course, being Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins.
04:32John Higgins is in the event.
04:33Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew.
04:35They were both in the 16 at the time of closure, but O'Sullivan is not playing here in Telford.
05:07Nein.
05:09Nein.
05:11Nein.
05:2916.
05:32He's made a good start here, hasn't he?
05:34It just looks pretty good.
05:3517.
05:41But we all know that he'll need to play well.
05:5924.
06:0425.
06:0634 years of professional.
06:08Mark Williams is a long time, isn't it?
06:10But I think he's probably better off in some ways in that he doesn't put a lot of hours in
06:15on the practice table.
06:16He probably treats Luka a bit like a hobby, if you like, and he's still able to play at the
06:22highest of levels.
06:33What a beautiful shot that is.
06:35Right through onto the red.
06:3732.
06:38Got the pace of the table right very quickly, it seems.
06:5833.
07:0033.
07:0133.
07:0233.
07:17Thirty-eight
07:19Thirty-nine
08:00Thirty-nine
08:03Forty-six
08:26They're just coming between a little there
09:02Able to drop it in though with the spider
09:03And just seeing whether some of these close calls actually go
09:07As we see this shot from referee cam
09:14Julian Bell as I said he's the man
09:17Doing the honors tonight
09:18Thank you
09:19Sixty-one
09:25I don't think Williams knew that went initially
09:27Otherwise he would have not been disappointed with the previous shot
09:40This is a super start from Mark Williams
09:47Sixty-nine
09:48He's going to win the frame in a single visit when this red drops
09:56Seventy
10:12Seventy-seven
10:16Could make a big break here as well
10:19It could have been one-four-four
10:20But now he's on the blue
10:23It could be one-four-two
10:25I'm not saying he will
10:26But that's what's on
10:28Now that he's coming away from
10:30Playing the black
10:37Eighty-three
10:41Eighty-three
10:41Lovely little nudge as well there
10:42Just taking the pink away from the red
10:44Which he will need to do to clear up
10:49This really is a start and a half
10:50And Williams
10:53See
10:53I might have thought maybe
10:56Clearly never underestimate Williams
10:58But he would have been thinking
10:59Well, he's not been playing that well lately
11:02How's he going to play tonight?
11:03Well, I think he's already found his answer there
11:13Ninety-nine
11:22One hundred
11:30Career century 6-8-8 for Williams
11:33His 40th of the season
11:39Well, he'll do well here
11:40Because he's extremely close to this ready
11:42There's always a chance of playing a push shot on these
11:45Now he's playing almost a masse
12:01Anyway, he could play
12:01It was like that, I think
12:02To avoid the push shot
12:11He'd just be a little disappointed
12:12To have clipped the blue there
12:24One hundred and sixty
12:39One hundred and ninety
12:49One hundred and twenty-eight
12:58One hundred and twenty-eight
13:10Well, the highest break is 136 from Mark Selby
13:15And this black goes in
13:16It beats it, of course, with one four one
13:19And it's a sensational start to the match
13:21How about that for Mark Williams
13:25Quite superb
13:26What a start to a match
13:28A break of 141
13:29From his first scoring visit
13:32And the Welshman leads
13:33One nil
13:34Thank you
13:36He said
13:37Himself
13:38It's a good
13:38A bit
13:38A bit
13:38Of course
13:39We love
13:39She said
13:39Every
13:39A bit
13:40And
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