Mark Williams posts tournament-high break in win over Alexander Ursenbacher at Northern Ireland Open

Mark Williams produced a mixed performance but had enough in the tank to secure a 4-2 victory over Alexander Ursenbacher in the second round of the Northern Ireland Open. The three-time world champion weathered an early storm from his Swiss opponent, before getting himself in the contest at the Waterfront Hall. Ad Williams is seeking a second Northern Ireland Open title, and kept Ursenbacher in his seat with a tournament-high break before closing out the win to set up a meeting with Jimmy Robertson.

Northern Ireland OpenWilliams says he’s been ‘stalking the practice table’ as fight to practice at venue continuesAN HOUR AGO Ursenbacher would have arrived in Belfast without much fear, having beaten Ronnie O’Sullivan in the qualifying round for the British Open. He was beaten by Joe O’Connor in the following round, but the scalp of the world champion is a notable one and he raced out of the blocks against Williams with a break of 118. Williams has been there, seen it and got the t-shirt.

And as he revealed on social media earlier in the week, taken up a spot of acting. The three-time world champion does not need to act calm, it is his default position, and he was totally unfazed by Ursenbacher’s rapid start as he hit back with a brilliant break of 139 — his 10th ton of the season and the highest of the tournament to date. Allen races to impressive victory over Chen Selby beats Craigie in cagey affair Why fans have never stopped loving White – Snooker’s Great Survivor The opening two frames went by in the blink of an eye, but the third was a 37-minute arm-wrestle.