Williams leads Trump in World Championship semi

Judd Trump will defeat Mark Williams 13-11 to advance to Saturday night’s final match of the World Championship semifinals.

After Williams recovered from 7-3 down to retake the top spot on Friday in Sheffield, the players had an engaging morning of play that started with 8-8.

Williams, 50, who is competing to become the oldest Crucible finalist, continued his quest by creating four half-centuries out of the eight frames available.

The Welshman reeled off the next three frames before opening up with a break of 57 and then reeled off the next three with a 71 run in response to Trump’s 57.

Englishman Trump, who has won 30 ranking contests in his career and made six of his finals this year, compiled a timely 64 to lower his arrears to 12-11.

For what was supposed to be the fourth session of the Ronnie O’Sullivan vs. Zhao Xintong semi-final, fans were denied refunds.

There will be no competitive action at the Crucible on Saturday afternoon due to Zhao’s 17-7 victory over the ” Rocket,” which was delivered with a session to spare.

A question-and-answer session with seven-time champion Stephen Hendry and 1997 champion Ken Doherty have been scheduled in addition to Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor’s famous black-ball final victory.

According to the World Snooker Tour’s (WST) box office policies, it is “unable to provide ticket refunds or exchanges.”

The session’s ticket prices ranged from £121 to £660, including all fees.