Mark Williams can look ahead to his first look within the final of the Masters since 2003 after a 6-0 rout of Jack Lisowski within the first semi-final. He will meet Judd Trump, who beat Stuart Bingham 6-1 on Saturday night.
Twelve months after struggling a surprising semi-final defeat to Neil Robertson, who wanted two fouls to get better from 67-26 down within the deciding body, Williams made positive there was no query of a repeat with a medical efficiency.
Williams, who dominated on the safeties and punished errors from Lisowski, stated his efficiency reveals he’s over the frustration of final yr. “I’m enjoying it, I’m in another final, especially after last year,” he stated on Eurosport.
“A lot of people said ‘How would you get over that?’ As soon as I walked out I was over it and I’m back in the final now.
“It’s easy to win but when you lose you have to get over it. I’ve never been worried. If I lost 6-5 from 5-0 up, it wouldn’t have made any difference. I would have said ‘best of luck Jack’ and move on.”
It means the world No 7 is into his first final on the Alexandra Palace – with the Masters nonetheless on the Wembley Conference Centre the final time he made it to the final two.
The second semi-final was a scrappier affair. Bingham had been sensational in thrashing Stuart Murphy on Friday evening however couldn’t produce the identical kind. Trump was additionally not at his easiest however was adequate to win a tense match.
The balls didn’t appear to run for both participant, which resulted in lengthy security exchanges in most of the frames. Trump, the world No 4 and the Masters champion in 2019, went 4-1 up when he edged a tense fifth body which lasted 45 minutes. As it got here down to the colors, Bingham sank the inexperienced with a full-length double however then missed on the blue, permitting Trump to are available in to nick it.
Trump wobbled once more within the sixth body however Bingham couldn’t take full benefit and quickly fell 5-1 behind. It seemed throughout as Trump moved right into a 58-0 lead initially of the seventh, however a missed crimson opened the door once more for Bingham, who obtained inside 29 factors earlier than one other security battle started.
Both gamers had been responsible of fouls however after Trump potted a troublesome yellow, he put the match to mattress.
“It was a struggle at the end but I felt good, I felt a lot better,” Trump stated. “The first three or four frames I went into it a few times but didn’t finish on anything. It didn’t really run for me. It was a bit scrappy in the end but I managed to get there.”
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