Mark Selby is challenging a prevailing wisdom that crops up more than any other single viewpoint about the relative standard of today’s game, according to Mark Williams.
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WILLIAMS: WELSH KIDS DESERVE WILD-CARD SPOTS
Mark Williams has called for young Welsh prospects to be handed the two wild-card spots for February’s Home Series tournament in Cardiff.
Read MoreWILLIAMS BATTLES WITH 'DELHI BELLY' IN INDIA
The importance of staying well as a professional, especially on long trips overseas to the Far East and elsewhere, was once again highlighted in Hyderabad this week.
Read MoreOPINION: PUT SENIORS ENTRY AGE BACK UP TO 45
The World Seniors Championship takes later in January with some doubt hanging over the event as to what its intended purpose is.
Read MoreRETURNING O'SULLIVAN ANSWERS SOME QUESTIONS
Ronnie O’Sullivan was keen to play things down after his first-round Masters win over Mark Williams, but he has already answered some questions after his latest sabbatical.
Read More'PAY ROCKET WHATEVER HE WANTS'
Mark Williams reckons World Snooker should start paying Ronnie O’Sullivan appearance money to keep him turning up for the big tournaments.
Read MoreWILLIAMS: ROCKET HAS COST ME MANY TITLES
Mark Williams celebrates his return to the Dafabet Masters stage with a first-round clash to savour against long-time tormentor Ronnie O’Sullivan.
Read MoreROCKET HAILS 'SPECIAL' THREE-WAY RIVALRY
RONNIE O’Sullivan believes that his 23-year, three-way rivalry with John Higgins and Mark Williams has spurred all of them on to greater achievements.
Read MoreLIFE BEGINS AT 40 FOR JOE PERRY
JOE PERRY’s capture of the Players Championship title in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday was a hard earned reward for his many years of service to the game.
Read MoreBANGKOK FINAL FOUR READY TO FIGHT IT OUT
SUCH has been the breakneck pace of the schedule the Players Championship Finals have perhaps not registered as much as they might have outside Bangkok - but it is a huge deal for the semi-finalists
Read MoreWHITE HANDED WILLIAMS TEST IN FIRST SEMI-FINAL
MICHAEL White’s first ranking semi-final in India on Saturday morning will be an occasion made even more special for having Mark Williams as his opponent.
Read MoreBIG GUNS FIRE TO REACH FRIDAY SHAKEDOWN IN MUMBAI
THE few remaining big guns left in the Indian Open chose Thursday night to fire in Mumbai to maintain some sense of order at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.
Read MoreMILKINS TARGETS MAGUIRE IN CRUCIBLE TOP-16 SCRAP
THOSE players most at risk of missing out on an automatic place at the World Championships have been feeling the heat in Mumbai in more ways than the 35 degrees outside.
Read MoreFINAL FOUR EYEING CARDIFF PRIZE
THE SEMI-FINALS of the BetVictor Welsh Open feature two all-time greats, a player through to his first major semi-final and a teenager beginning to realise his potential.
Read MoreHIGGINS AND WILLIAMS LEAD RACE FOR THE CRUCIBLE
MULTI-WORLD CHAMPIONS John Higgins and Mark Williams have taken important steps towards guaranteeing their places at the Crucible this year.
Read MoreMARK WILLIAMS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A WELSH GREAT
We look at the career of two-time world champion Mark Williams ahead of the Welsh Open in Cardiff…
Read More2014 IN REVIEW: MATCHES OF THE YEAR
WE CONTINUE OUR review of 2014 on the green baize by looking at the three best matches of the year…
Read MoreFIREWORKS ON AND OFF THE TABLE
Loud fireworks being set off outside the Sichuan Tennis Center, presumably for a wedding on the Saturday night, could be heard in the arena during frame 12 of the Mark Allen vs Mark Williams semi-final at the International Championship, entirely appropriate given the potting carnage that was occurring on the table.
Allen’s breaks were 92, 71, 52, 54, 105, 55, 77, and a superbly compiled 67 while Williams chipped in with 120, 135, 70, 84, 49, 102, 46 and 86 to level at 8-8.
In characteristically phlegmatic and sporting style Williams was already well on the way to shrugging off the inevitable disappointment as he left the post-match press conference, insisting on the way out after the 9-8 thriller: “You won’t see many matches like that.”
ALLEN V WALDEN FOR CHINA GLORY
MARK ALLEN won a snooker classic on Saturday to set up a final day showdown with Ricky Walden at the International Championship in China.
Read MoreALLEN: BEST MATCH I HAVE EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN
MARK Allen insisted he had emerged from “probably the best match I have ever been involved in” against Mark Williams to reach yet another final in a stirring season.
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