Players Championship 2022: Dramatic Ricky Walden comeback stuns Mark Williams to book semi-final spot

Ricky Walden produced a dramatic comeback to stun Mark Williams in the quarter-final of the Players Championship. Walden battled back from 1-4 and 2-5 down to progress to the final four after taking a thilling match in the deciding frame.

Ad/> Williams was in excellent form in the last match of the day, but Walden showed plenty of flashes of his own talent. Players ChampionshipHiggins beats Vafaei to advance to quarter-finals of the Players Championship7 HOURS AGO The first frame was a little scrappy as the Welsh former world number one scrapped to a 69-17 win, but he hit a 103 in the next frame to go two up.

Walden hit an impressive 60 on his way to reducing the deficit to a single frame, but back-to-back centuries took Williams to a 4-1 lead. Higgins beats Vafaei to advance to quarter-finals of the Players Championship Trump says O’Sullivan and Higgins are ‘in their own little world’ on top form 'Should change my name from the Rocket to the Tinkerer' — O'Sullivan Walden though was undimmed by the heavy scoring of his opponent, pulling one back with a break of 123, the highest score of the match-up.

Former world number one Williams, 46, moved a frame from victory when he battled to a 67-42 lead to tee up the win. The 39-year-old Walden refused to roll over with defeat looming, and instead narrowed Williams’ lead to just one frame with back-to-back half century breaks, before fighting his way through to level at 5-5 and tee up a decisive 11th frame.

The decider produced more drama as Walden looked to pull clear but left the door open for Williams who agonisingly missed a red when could have cleared to win by a single point. Walden is through to his second successive ranking event semi-final and will play the winner of