World Snooker Championship 2022 - Mark Williams roars back against Judd Trump who was blitzed despite two centuries

Mark Williams roared back at Judd Trump in the third session to cut the deficit in their World Championship semi-final to 13-11. After Trump had blitzed Williams in the opening session, the pair split the second and the former held an 11-5 lead at the start of Friday evening.

Ad/> Many in all probability had pencilled Trump’s name into the final after he won the opening frame of the season with a century, but Williams powered back in stunning fashion. World Championship'Trump is getting better and Mark is getting worse' — White urges Williams to restYESTERDAY AT 17:15 He won five frames on the spin to cut the gap to two, and they split the final two frames to leave the match finely poised ahead of the final session on Saturday afternoon.

Williams came out with intent and was unfortunate to see a long red wriggle and stay in the jaws of the bottom left in the opener. Trump, as he had in the previous two sessions, punished in impressive fashion with a run of 120.

The lead was seven, but Williams roared back to take the second of the session with a 137 total clearance and took the 18th with runs of 58 and 53 to cut the gap to five. 'Most dramatic frame of World Championship' — O'Sullivan with 'extraordinary' clear-up 'Is that alright?!' — O'Sullivan complains to referee, pleads with fans over distraction 'Like Federer and Nadal' — White compares O'Sullivan and Higgins to tennis legends Williams' long game, so good in the early stages of the competition, deserted him in the first session against Trump.

But in the 18th frame, he proved it was back in good order as he knocked in a stunning long yellow to set him up to steal a frame he looked out of. Trump built a commanding lead but failed to shut it down and Williams chipped