Betfred World Championship SF 2: Hawkins v Williams

Come on Mark!

Up the Ditton Dynamite!

I used to find it a bit of a chore to watch Barry Hawkins play but over the last couple of years i've come to rather enjoy his style. He really does hit the ball beautifully when on song.

Mark Williams rejuvination has been great to see. He seems to be playing as well as ever after fallibg away for many years. He has his own unique style. Never hurries and hits the balls so softly at times but with dead eye accuracy. A smooth operator amongst the balls with a velvet touch.

Going to be an interesting game. I have a slight fancy for the Hawk but dont mind who wins.

Williams would become the first top 16 player to reach a World final after failing to qualify the previous year. The other two players are Murphy and Trump but were not seeded at the time.

Come on MJW.

Hawkins played well against Ding but I'd say MJW was more impressive against Carter.

If his long/difficult pots stay on song he'll come through.

Iranu wrote:Come on MJW.

Hawkins played well against Ding but I'd say MJW was more impressive against Carter.

If his long/difficult pots stay on song he'll come through.

One thing's for sure, Williams won't give up if he goes a few frames behind like Ding did.

Wildey wrote:
Saturday 21st of April~Monday 7th of May at The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

Session 1 Thursday 3rd of May @ 7pm
Session 2 Friday 4th of May @ 2.30pm
Session 3 Saturday 5th of May @ 10am
Session 4 Saturday 5th of May @ 7pm

Barry Hawkins v Mark J Williams

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Overall Williams leads 14-3
Main Tournaments Williams leads 3-0
World Championship Never played before
Multi Session Matches Never played before

Most Matches between these 2 players has been played in the Championship league with Williams having the upper hand even in thoes matches.

But Barry Hawkins is a different Player at the Crucible and they have never played in a match longer than best of 11.

Who will reach the final?

DRAW

ORDER OF PLAY

Championship League matches are not included in h2h by snooker statisticians btw

A step closer to full on Mark Williams nudity.

I'm backing Barry.

Is Ronnie commentating on Eurosport for the last matches ?

Hope MJW wins it. He deserves as an all time great to have 3 worlds

14-3 the h2h.

Law of averages kicking in again?

I don't think h2h means anything here, cause they have played mostly in the championship league or in other short formats. Also - Hawkins is a different player at the Crucible. But if I had to pick between him and Ding, I would have chosen Barry. I expect an open and attacking game with lots of big breaks. Both of them are scoring really well at the moment, MJW had 4 centuries against Carter.

SnookerFan wrote:A step closer to full on Mark Williams nudity.

Willo's Willy?

C'mon Willo give Bazza Maxwell's silver hammer

Dan-cat wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:A step closer to full on Mark Williams nudity.

Willo's Willy?

Thanks for the mental image.

SnookerFan wrote:

Dan-cat wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:A step closer to full on Mark Williams nudity.

Willo's Willy?

Thanks for the mental image.

You started it!

Dan-cat wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

Dan-cat wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:A step closer to full on Mark Williams nudity.

Willo's Willy?

Thanks for the mental image.

You started it!

I secretly want to see it....

Ronnie's pal Leo is ref for this one

SnookerFan wrote:

Dan-cat wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

Dan-cat wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:A step closer to full on Mark Williams nudity.

Willo's Willy?

Thanks for the mental image.

You started it!

I secretly want to see it....

Will he go through with it or will he do a Wildey?

Good luck to Hawk never been a fan of Williams anyway but would be great If Barry can continue his good form in to this match.

Hawk

Let's talk about Ronnie....

I'm a fan of Williams and I hope he wins another title.

Some of you will now find a way to say this has something to do with Ronnie in one way or another...

How on earth Scullion can be the ref in a world semi? What a joke.

Did we decide who this Irish bird was?

SnookerFan wrote:Let's talk about Ronnie....

Pickering?

Come on MJW, beat boring Barry.

eraserhead wrote:Come on MJW, beat boring Barry.