Top 10 shots of 2021/22 snooker season: No. 3 – Mark Williams creates Crucible magic with thrilling yellow

After the conclusion of another extraordinary snooker season, we pick 10 of our favourite shots from the 2021/22 campaign as captured by the Eurosport cameras. You can vote for your personal choice when we reveal our final list of contenders this month. Ad/> No.

3 – Williams makes mark with fearless pot on yellow Welsh OpenLlandudno to host Welsh Open LIVE on Eurosport21 HOURS AGO Judd Trump summed up succinctly the state of potting utopia reached by Mark Williams during their epic semi-final at the World Championship in April. «It was like playing a computer game on hard. Every time I broke off and left a red, game over, game over,» said Trump after completing a titanic 17-16 win over the three-time Crucible winner.

«Only Ronnie (O'Sullivan), John (Higgins) and Mark are capable of playing like that. »I led 12-5, but you are probably better being close against them. You know something is going to happen." Suffering the mental exhaustion of an elongated 13-11 win over Yan Bingtao in the quarter-finals, a flagging Williams trailed 7-1 to Trump after the first session before mounting a quite remarkable recovery.

Exquisite breaks of 138, 137, 137, 119, 77, 70, 59, 58, 57, 53 and 52 over the final 25 frames found the rejuvenated Welshman producing peak form under the most intense scrutiny. The long potting that has been the trademark of his golden 30-year career came to the fore with his pot on a yellow during the death throes of the 20th frame particularly memorable. Williams trailed 12-7 and 50-44 when he contemplated opting for an easier safety offering or attempting a tough pot on yellow at the top end of the table.