{"id":136044,"date":"2025-05-03T15:13:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T15:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-snooker-championship-2025-mark-williams-leads-judd-trump-13-11-in-semi-final-bbc\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T15:13:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T15:13:39","slug":"world-snooker-championship-2025-mark-williams-leads-judd-trump-13-11-in-semi-final-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-snooker-championship-2025-mark-williams-leads-judd-trump-13-11-in-semi-final-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"World Snooker Championship 2025: Mark Williams leads Judd Trump 13-11 in semi-final – BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Williams is aiming to reach a fifth world final
Three-time champion Mark Williams will take a 13-11 lead over Judd Trump into the concluding session of their World Championship semi-final on Saturday evening.<\/b>
An absorbing morning of play started with the players level at 8-8 after Williams recovered from 7-3 down to rein in the world number one on Friday in Sheffield.
Williams, 50, who is bidding to become the oldest Crucible finalist, continued in the same vein, crafting four half-centuries as he took five of the eight frames on offer.
He opened up with a break of 57 and, while Trump responded with consecutive runs of 71 to edge back ahead, the Welshman then reeled off the next three frames.
Englishman Trump, who has won 30 ranking events in his career and reached six finals this season, constructed a timely 64 to reduce his arrears to 12-11.
However, Williams, whom Trump defeated 17-16 in their thrilling last-four meeting in 2022, composed a 62 in the 24th frame of their best-of-33 encounter to give himself a two-frame cushion when play resumes at 19:00 BST.
Fans have been refused refunds for what was meant to be the fourth session of the semi-final between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Zhao Xintong.
Zhao's 17-7 victory over the 'Rocket' was delivered with a session to spare, meaning there will be no competitive action on Saturday afternoon at the Crucible.
An exhibition featuring Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor – 40 years on from Taylor's victory in their famous black-ball final – has been scheduled instead, along with a question-and-answer session with seven-time winner Stephen Hendry and 1997 champion Ken Doherty.
The World Snooker Tour (WST) said its box office terms and conditions mean it is "unable to offer ticket refunds or exchanges".
Ticket prices for the session, including fees, ranged from \u00a3121 to \u00a3660.
WST said: "This is the first time in over a decade that a semi-final has finished a session early, so it is a very rare occurrence and unfortunately beyond our control."
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