Mark Williams crushes Michael White to reach second round at World Snooker Championship

Mark Williams cruised into the second round at the World Championship with a 10-3 demolition of Michael White. In truth, the damage was done in the first session as the Welshman ripped through the first seven frames, hitting three tons as a whitewash loomed. Ad/> The first five frames were utterly dominated by the former world No.

1 as he knocked in breaks of at least 70 in each of them. World ChampionshipFu to make long-awaited return at the Crucible07/03/2022 AT 13:13 White responded with two frames on Sunday afternoon to add a shred of respectability to the score. Prior to that, he had shown a flash of form with a half century in the sixth frame, but even then he lost it 58-50.

Any hopes of a famous comeback were quashed when Williams won the first two frames of the final session. While Williams slowed the scoring rate per visit to the table, he still impressed in the 10th frame and followed it up with a half century in the 11th. O'Sullivan referred to disciplinary committee after 'lewd gesture' at Crucible World Championship — LIVE McGill edges past gutsy Highfield to reach last 16 Three-time champion Williams — who won his first in 2000, followed up in 2003 but then was made to wait for a famous victory in 2018 — was made to wait as White made an 83, but sealed the victory with another century – adding a 121 to his prior knocks of 121, 116 and 138 – to book a meeting with debutant Jackson Page.

Page made a record-equalling three centuries on his Crucible debut as he downed Barry Hawkins 10-7 on Sunday. — — - Stream the World Championship and other top snooker live and on-demand on discovery+. You can also watch all the action live on eurosport.co.uk.